We all appreciate how destructive galamsey is in this part of our world. Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa observes, “Vast tracts of cocoa farms have been taken over, depriving the country of short and long term benefits of cocoa to the country’s development. Many of our rivers and water bodies have been polluted with heavy metals (mercury), cyanide and arsenic, depriving people of drinking water and threatening their very existence,” adding, “It corrupts public officials, including law enforcement officers, traditional authority and distorts the local economy
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