Suame Magazine Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/suame-magazine/ Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:06:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.8 https://citifmonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-CITI-973-FM-32x32.jpg Suame Magazine Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/suame-magazine/ 32 32 Fire ravages cars, shops at Suame Magazine https://citifmonline.com/2018/02/fire-ravages-cars-shops-suame-magazine/ Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:00:14 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=398956 Fire ravaged about seven container shops, two cars at a mechanic shop and school feeding foodstuff for students of Nurul Islamic Basic School at Suame Magazine Zone 10, a suburb of Kumasi today [Tuesday]. Victims who had their belongings burnt have began counting their losses. Although the cause of the fire is not immediately known, […]

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Fire ravaged about seven container shops, two cars at a mechanic shop and school feeding foodstuff for students of Nurul Islamic Basic School at Suame Magazine Zone 10, a suburb of Kumasi today [Tuesday].

Victims who had their belongings burnt have began counting their losses.

Although the cause of the fire is not immediately known, the victims, mostly artisans had their belongings including vehicle spare parts and refrigerators all destroyed by the fire.

The incident according to some residents started at about 2:30 am.

One of the caterers at the school, Salamatu Issah, told Citi News they had suspended the feeding program until they get new utensils and foodstuff.

She appealed to the school feeding secretariat to come to their aid.

The area where the incident happened is a cluster of mechanic shops with containers situated very close to one another.

Fire officers say investigations have begun into the incident.

By: Hafiz Tijani/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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Study finds high concentration of lead in Suame artisans https://citifmonline.com/2017/02/study-finds-high-concentration-of-lead-in-suame-artisans/ Tue, 21 Feb 2017 05:08:58 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=295974 A study conducted by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) shows that artisans at the Suame Magazine in Kumasi – reputed to be Africa’s largest metal fabrication enclave, are predisposed to serious health hazards. Many of them have been found to have high concentration of heavy metals including lead, iron and copper […]

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A study conducted by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) shows that artisans at the Suame Magazine in Kumasi – reputed to be Africa’s largest metal fabrication enclave, are predisposed to serious health hazards.

Many of them have been found to have high concentration of heavy metals including lead, iron and copper in their internal organs.

This is said to have come about because of their exposure to heavy metals contained in used engine oil.

The Suame Magazine is home to more than 800,000 artisans, and provides engineering and metal fabrication services to motorists from all over the West African sub-Region.

Professor Mark Adom-Asamoah, Provost of the University’s College of Engineering told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the study was carried out by a team of research scientists from the College and the Duke University, United States (US).

It was a collaborative research with cross disciplinary input from engineering, chemistry, community health, and sociology departments.

The goal was to assess the health risk posed to the artisans by the heavy metal concentrations at the magazine and the immediate environment and how to promote the safety and health of the people.

He said human biological samples of the artisans were taken and analyzed for heavy metal concentration.

They additionally had their blood pressure measured and majority of them were found to have developed high blood pressure.

Prof Adom-Asamoah said they were yet to determine the association of that health condition with the heavy metal contamination.

He described as troubling the situation where some of the artisans recklessly ate with engine oil soiled-hands and said that could cause permanent damage to the liver and kidney.

He indicated that the College through its Technology Consultancy Centre (TCC), had over the years been assisting to educate and create awareness among the artisans about the potential health risks involved in their job and the need to stick to safety practices.

He said the expectation was the latest research findings would encourage everybody to give priority to their health and safety at the workplace

Source: GNA

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