{"id":465941,"date":"2018-02-20T13:53:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T13:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/enforce-the-law-or-face-it-deputy-minister-warns-mce-over-factory-pollution\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T13:53:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T13:53:22","slug":"enforce-the-law-or-face-it-deputy-minister-warns-mce-over-factory-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/enforce-the-law-or-face-it-deputy-minister-warns-mce-over-factory-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Enforce the law or face it &#8211; Deputy Minister warns MCE over factory pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/93532110.295.jpg\" alt=\"George Andah22\" title=\"George Andah22\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>George Andah, Deputy Communications Minister<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519134802_853_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly could face legal action if it fails to close down a polluting factory cited within a residential area.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Communications Minister, George Andah, who is a member of the residents association at Tse Ado community said they have taken note of the Assembly&#8217;s promise to enforce the law within a month.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Minister joined in constant complaints by residents who say they have had to endure cancer-causing smoke from the Edsiaw factory.<\/p>\n<p>He said on the Joy FM Super Morning Show Tuesday, fumes from the burning of plastics in the evening make breathing uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a 24-hour noise pollution as loud machines bombard residents. George Andah said, &#8220;anytime they switch their machines on, you can see that the voltage of the area drops.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is not convenient at all,&#8221; he expressed frustrations.<\/p>\n<p>After enduring the pollution from the plastic manufacturing factory for more than two years, they say they will wait for the one-month pledge to expire before taking legal action.<\/p>\n<p>Some factories cited for severe pollution have petitioned the Presidency complaining of sabotage. They say their factory is contributing to the President&#8217;s grand industrialisation plan dubbed &#8216;one district, one factory&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>But George Andah has dismissed this claim as a defence for indiscipline.<\/p>\n<p>He said if the polluting factories are to be allowed to operate under the guise of earning a living then illegal mining known as &#8216;galamsey&#8217; should also be allowed to destroy the environment under the same excuse.<\/p>\n<p>He said the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, will not endorse business activities that undermine the rule of law and promote indiscipline.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People must respect the laws of this country and not do whatever they want,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 62 updated by: 62 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-20 George Andah, Deputy Communications Minister La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly could face legal action if it fails to close down a polluting factory cited within a residential area. Deputy Communications Minister, George Andah, who is a member of the residents association at Tse Ado community said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":434734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-465941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}