{"id":401722,"date":"2018-02-16T09:07:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T09:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=401722"},"modified":"2018-02-16T09:24:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T09:24:14","slug":"osudoku-shs-reopens-today-chinese-factorys-partial-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/osudoku-shs-reopens-today-chinese-factorys-partial-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Osudoku SHS reopens today after Chinese factory\u2019s partial closure"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Headmistress of Osudoku Senior High Technical, Sylvia Baaba Yankey, has confirmed to\u00a0Citi News <\/strong>that\u00a0classes\u00a0 will resume today [Friday] after almost a week of closure.<\/p>\n

The school was closed down last week after pollution from a Chinese company, Shinefeel Ghana Limited, sited close by the school, made it unbearable for both students and teachers.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”Q0KZ1iC2ooiT9YrV5Qg25V4JsNSf53yv”]The Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], on Tuesday, shut down the plastic processing unit of the company, following reports by\u00a0Citi FM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Baaba Yankey told Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0that the school will not hesitate to sound the alarm bell should the company breach EPA\u2019s directive.<\/p>\n

“We are reopening today. Members of Staff are happy about the situation. For now, we wait to see whatever will happen.. If we have the cause to worry again, we’ll definitely talk again,”\u00a0she said.<\/p>\n

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‘Why the school closed down’<\/strong><\/p>\n

The over 1,200 students of the school including beneficiaries of the government\u2019s Free SHS program were last week asked to go home, a decision management took to protect them from the health hazards of the activities of the factory, Shine Feel Ghana Limited.<\/p>\n

The headmistress told\u00a0Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0the decision was taken because they could no longer endure the harmful smoke emitted by the factory.<\/p>\n

She lamented that, the pollution from the company had worsened such that they had no option than to send the students home.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe students agitated that because of the smoke they could not stay. The boy\u2019s dormitory and 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 added in a\u00a0Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0interview.<\/p>\n

‘EPA closure’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following reports by\u00a0Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0on the matter, the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], ordered the shut down of the plastic processing unit of the company.<\/p>\n

This was after a trip to the facility by a three-man team of the EPA from Accra.<\/p>\n

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After a site tour, the EPA team concluded that, the plastic unit plant was not observing standards. Furthermore, the EPA said the company had no permit to process plastics, and was thus to shut down till a permit is issued.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact of the matter is that, they are permitted to do the paper aspect of the operations. They may have been permitted for a plastic operation in Accra, but not for Asutsuare. On record, we don\u2019t have that,\u201d Executive Director in charge of Technical at the EPA, Ebenezer Sampong told\u00a0Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Mr. Sampong indicated that, this was not the first time they were dealing with this issue as prior complaints had been made in relation to noise and the emissions.<\/p>\n

But he added that \u201cfrom our interaction with the teachers, it appears\u00a0that the problem rests more with the plastic operations. So that is where we are going to focus our attention on.\u201d<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll adhere to EPA\u2019s directives \u2013 Shinefeel company<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shortly after the directive, managers of the Shinefeel Ghana Company Limited said they will comply<\/a><\/strong> with it.<\/p>\n

The factory\u2019s manager, John Dziwornu, told Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cas a responsible organization, we operate within the law so we\u2019ll act on it [the EPA directive].\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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