{"id":463674,"date":"2018-02-12T16:52:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T16:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/12\/toxic-factory-smoke-forces-transfer-of-osudoku-shs-assistant-head\/"},"modified":"2018-02-12T16:52:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T16:52:18","slug":"toxic-factory-smoke-forces-transfer-of-osudoku-shs-assistant-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/12\/toxic-factory-smoke-forces-transfer-of-osudoku-shs-assistant-head\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Toxic\u2019 factory smoke\u2019 forces transfer of Osudoku SHS Assistant head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 12 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/45326826.295.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke From Burn Off\" title=\"Smoke From Burn Off\" width=\"295\" height=\"194\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File Photo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518454338_141_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The head of the Agricultural Science Department of the Osudoku Senior High Technical School at Asutuare in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region, Martin Fianu, has told Citi News that the severe pollution by Shine Feel, a toiletries and plastics manufacturing Chinese factory in the area, compelled the transfer of the school\u2019s Assistant Headmaster.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, he said the Assistant Headmaster who had health issues with his lungs, could no longer stay in the school as the pollution from the factory worsened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Assistant Headmaster had a health issue with his lungs and because of that it aggravated his briefing mechanism. He underwent a surgery. The health problem worsened because of the factory\u2019s fumes, and because of that he was transferred to the Amasaman Senior High School. So it is affecting both staff and the students,\u201d he added.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSchool shut down<\/p>\n<p>The over 1,200 students of the school were last week, a decision management took to protect them from the health hazard.<\/p>\n<p>According to the headmistress of the school,  Sylvia Baaba Yankey, the decision was taken because they can no longer endure the harmful smoke emitted by the factory.<\/p>\n<p>She lamented that the pollution from the company has worsened such that they had no option than to send the students home.<\/p>\n<p>\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 Citi News interview.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Respiratory problems rampant<\/p>\n<p>The Agric Science tutor of the school, also said on the Citi Breakfast Show that respiratory problems had become very common in the school due to the toxic fumes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe children have been having respiratory difficulties, when they go to the hospital; the doctors accuse them of being smokers. Not only the students, the staff also. One assistant headmaster in charge of administration also suffered same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Asuturare farmers to lose livelihoods<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Fianu also claimed that, farmers in Asuature and surrounding communities risk losing their livelihoods because of the fumes and other waste materials released into the environment from the factory.<\/p>\n<p>He said tilapia production along the Volta Lake, rice production at Asutuare, as well as banana farmers, are likely to be affected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe waste material from their paper is dumped into a drain which leads into a catchment drain of the canal. So the canal system where the catchment drain is supposed to protect the main canal from being breached is also now under threat. And it has gone all the way into polluting the drainage system and this drainage system discharges wastewater into the Volta.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this continues, it means the rice production at Asutsuare, other agriculture producing companies like tilapia production, banana farms are all under threat because of the discharge from the factory. 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