[ 2014-08-28 ]

Agency says environmental issues must take centre stage
Kumasi, Aug 28, GNA - Mr Isaac Osei, the Ashanti
Regional Director of the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), has appealed to the media,
government and stakeholders to act together to
intensify public education to stem the incessant
degradation of the environment.
He said the cynical political discussions that had
taken prominence in the national discourse, which
could breed rancor and acrimony, must give way to
serious public education on the impact of the
wanton destruction of the environment.

He said it should be appreciated that “if there
is no environment there can be no government,
there can be no politics”.

Mr Osei was speaking to journalists in Kumasi on
the sidelines of a day’s media training on
International Water Resources Management (IWRM)
and Water Laws and Regulations.

The programme was put together by the Water
Resources Commission (WRC).

He said more was needed to be done to save the
environment and water resources being destroyed
with careless abandon through illegal mining
activities and other negative practices.

He warned that the current situation where water
sources were being polluted by fecal matter and
cyanide poisoning, if not halted, could lead to
complete water scarcity because “water is a
finite and not an infinite commodity”.

Mrs Adwoa Dako, the Public Relations officer of
WRC, called on the media to develop interest in
water issues and give accurate and in-depth
reportage to help save water bodies, the neglect
of which would have disastrous impact on society.

She appealed to the relevant bodies to take
responsibility for protecting water resources.

Source - GNA

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