Politicians are afraid to condemn galamsey due to risk of losing massive votes – Keche

Andrew Kofi Cudjoe, a member of music duo, Keche, has stated why politicians shouldn’t use the galamsey menace as a campaign message due to its sensitivity.

In an interview with Amansan Krakye, Keche Andrew said about 10 percent of Ghanaians are into galamsey and so politicians are afraid to lose votes when they condemn the practice.

“I think that with the issue of galamsey our past presidents have been fighting it but I don’t think it should be a campaign message to mock people because it’s a sensitive field.

“The number of Ghanaians who are unemployed and uneducated who feel they can’t get an office work or capital to start a trade are all involved in galamsey,” he disclosed.

“These people don’t care, they just want to make money whether the water bodies are being destroyed or not so those fighting these people are scared of the ramifications.

“I can boldly say that about 10 percent of our population are engaged in galamsey so politicians know that they’ll lose votes if they fight these galamsey people,” he argued.