Traditional Rulers Are Partially Responsible For Ghana's Under-development

The word galamsay is not a local dialect but rather it is an English sentence, "gather them and sell" which has been corrupted by local users as "galamsay."Every galamsay operator, it is alleged, gives a quantity of gold to the chiefs weekly and in some local areas, monthly. The Chiefs instead of using such monies received in a development effort in the villages or towns they travel to the cities with the money received, to purchase brand new cars for their use. What they don't seem to care about is the rate at which these galamsay operators are polluting the water bodies which serve as potable and drinking water for the vast amount of people who live in those areas. The worst danger is that, as a result of this illegal mining, gaping holes are created which are not covered. These holes have trapped many farmers, women and children, sending them to early graves.
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