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The Chiefs of Salima, a gold-producing district in Elembele District of the Western Region, are angry with the ruling government over the non-payment of royalties that have accrued for the past 20 months even though the Adamus Mining Company has paid every bit of its obligation to the state. Nana Kwamena Bentum in an interview said the payments of royalties to the Stools and traditional authorities is of a right and not by the benevolence of government. He said, due to the delay of payment of the royalties they are going to stage a massive demonstration on Christmas Day 25th December 2013 to express their concerns to the government. The chiefs have also asked for the direct payment of their share to the Administrator of Stool lands instead of the consolidated fund which they cited as the major cause of delays for the payment of royalties.