Ntinsiri Hene Bosomfo, popularly known as the Ashanti Region's Tanoh Obo Mensah's Chief Priest Nana Mensah Bonsu is concerned that Ghanaians would soon face severe punishment from the gods for allowing their homes to be contaminated by acts of galamsey.
The Chief Priests of the Gods observed in a conversation with Julius Caesar Anadem of Ultimate 106.9 FM, that the activities of galamsey that have fouled the waterways and also made the drinking of such waters are also harming the gods, thus their wrath will visit us all.
According to Ntinsiri Hene Bosomfo Nana Mensah Bonsu, the gods do not pardon, despite their apparent inaction appearing to indicate that they have not seen the devastation of their place of residence.
"The gods are angry with us, I am with Tano AkwasiOboↄ, some of these conversations are had in the realms of the spirit, but for you men in the flesh to understand the reason of the issue, I am addressing this matter"
"The living quarters of these gods either female or male are the rivers or rocks, just as mine, and we are destroying it, you think they won’t be angry with us? I am with a rock god, he communicates to me to tell the people his dislikes with how we treat the environment, don’t do this or that."
"Today he has given the right for quarries to go on for development by fixing our roads, that is positive," he said.
"How then are we able to destroy river bodies all in the name of galamsey, I am telling you today, the wrath of the gods will come someday, they are angry at us, I am telling you"
He is urging the nation to stop its environmental destruction, which has a significant negative impact on the gods.
"Christianity and other forms of religion came to meet the gods of the land, we must be careful with our dealings"
"The gods are not happy, I am telling you they are angry we speak to them spiritually all the time and they see and know what’s happening"
"Their anger will be visited towards the chiefs, then the community and Ghana as a whole, we should not just joke with it, we must turn our ways, the gods don’t forgive and forget like that he warned"
As numerous river systems and forest reserves continue to be destroyed with impunity, galamsey, or illicit small-scale mining, has become a hot subject in the nation despite President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo's commitment to put his presidency on line to end the threat.