Woodworkers at the Sokoban wood village have been told to desist from the haphazard dumping of waste products from the lumber used in their work.
Kumasi Metropolitan Environmental Health and Sanitation Director, Mr. Isaac Bassanyin, advised that by-products such as sawdust should not be thrown into the drainage system and other unauthorized places.
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) would deal ruthlessly with any woodworker caught throwing sawdust into the drains because such unhealthy practices posed serious environmental challenges, he cautioned.
Mr. Bassanyin, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), on the sidelines of a clean-up exercise at the wood enclave at Sokoban, said the woodworkers were expected to adhere to the environmental-sanitation bye-laws pertaining to their work.
The exercise, organized under the supervision of the KMA, was to ensure that workers at the enclave operated in a clean and sound environment to keep the place in good condition at all times.
The Environmental Health and Sanitation Director observed that the woodworkers and allied workers at the Village, such as food sellers, should not engage in practices that had the tendency to cause flooding and communicable diseases.
He advised the workers to always wear their protective gears while working, because the continuous inhaling of the sawdust could have adverse effects on their health.
Mr. James Prempeh, Convener for the Environmental-Sanitation sub-Committee, KMA, assured that the Assembly was committed to ensuring proper maintenance of the Village.
He warned the workers that the Assembly would not hesitate to apply the law in dealing with those who used the road as storage grounds for their lumbers since that practice tends to create confusion at the Village.
“Those engaged in that practice have been given up to June 1, 2021, to clear the nuisance,” he stated.
Mr Abubakar Halifa, Coordinator at the Sokoban Wood Village, appealed to the government to fix the main road leading to the enclave to enhance their activities.
He also appealed to the KMA to beef up the security system at the Village for the safety of the woodworkers.
Latest Stories
-
Over 1 million students enrol in Free SHS -Education Minister
33 seconds -
GWCL announces water supply interruption in Western Region
17 mins -
Kwami Ahiabenu: What is prompt engineering?
26 mins -
Elections 2024: Your continued silence is more than deafening…
48 mins -
Let’s live peacefully and shame our saboteurs – Savannah executives of NPP, NDC
5 hours -
Reconstruction of Agona-Nkwanta-Tarkwa road 80 per cent complete
5 hours -
Internet penetration: 10.7 million Ghanaians offline – LONDA Report
5 hours -
USC cancels grad ceremony as campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza continue
5 hours -
Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned in New York
5 hours -
US Supreme Court divided on whether Trump can be prosecuted
5 hours -
There’s enough justification for Affirmative Action Bill to be passed – Minka-Premo
5 hours -
Don’t allow people to manipulate you into vaccine hesitancy – Dr Adipa-Adappoe
5 hours -
Suspend implementation of Planting for Food and Jobs 2.0 for 2024 – Stakeholders
5 hours -
Parkinson’s disease no longer confined to the elderly – Public Health Physician, Dr Momodou Cham warns
5 hours -
Persons living with Parkinson’s disease appeal for support as they face stigmatization
6 hours