{"id":400190,"date":"2018-02-10T08:26:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T08:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=400190"},"modified":"2018-02-10T16:00:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T16:00:22","slug":"harmful-smoke-from-chinese-factory-forces-closure-of-osudoku-shs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/harmful-smoke-from-chinese-factory-forces-closure-of-osudoku-shs\/","title":{"rendered":"Harmful smoke from Chinese factory forces closure of Osudoku SHS"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Headmistress of Osudoku Senior High Technical School in the Greater Accra Region, \u00a0Sylvia Baaba Yankey, has confirmed to Citi News<\/strong> that the school has been shutdown temporarily because they can no longer endure harmful smoke emitted by a toiletries and plastics manufacturing Chinese company close to the school.<\/p>\n According to her, the pollution from the company has worsened such that they had no option than to send the students home for health and safety reasons.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”v2rlkIVNP9DyM0xmVvzRkI2AaRJ244k2″]\u201cThe student agitated that because of the smoke they could not stay. The boy\u2019s dormitory\u00a0and the classroom block are close to the factory. Since Tuesday the stench and the smoke which for some time now has subsided erupted again. Ghana Education Service is very much aware of the situation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n She said all efforts made by the management of the school and the district education office to get the situation addressed have proven futile.<\/p>\n \u201cSome time ago, we were all invited to a meeting, the management of the school, the District Education Office and the management of the company, and then when we expressed our concerns, we were asked to put certain measures in place which to some extent we did, but we do not know what happened, and this week since Tuesday the smoke and the stench are being coming again,\u201dshe said.<\/p>\n