The Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies at the University for Development Studies (UDS), Prof Jasper Ayelazuno, has called for urgent action to address the galamsey menace in the country.
He said Ghana is no longer fighting illegal small-scale mining but well-organized, mechanized, industrialized galamsey.
Prof Jasper noted that merely describing the current state of illegal mining in the country as galamsey understates the intensity and levels of disruption of this current form of mining.
Explaining the differences between the two, the Political Scientist said that formerly, galamsey simply referred to artisanal small-scale mining where illegal miners used rudimentary tools such as pans, pick-axes, and shovels for mining.
