AHINSAN RESIDENTS BATTLE KSI ABATTOIR

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 Residents of Ahinsan in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti region are up in arms against the Kumasi Abattoir Company for refusing to properly dispose of by-products from the meat processing organization. 

The company has for many years being discharging untreated faecal matter and blood from slaughtered animals directly into a stream that flows through the community resulting in a heavy contamination of the once reliable source of water. 
Consequently, the stream which has now become dark brown has not only unfit for any purpose, but has been emitting a very strong stench leaving the residents and visitors uncomfortable to stay around the place. 

Ashanti Today can confirm reports that, aside from people living along the stream, it lies in the middle of a popular mechanics workshop where a number of master mechanics and mechanic apprentices ply their trade for a living. 
According to the Master mechanics due to the strong stench from the stream, many prospective customers refuse to do business with them when they are hit by the odour. 

The Assembly Member for the Ahinsan Electoral Area, James Okyere, shared in the concerns of the mechanics saying that he had complained about the uncomfortable situation to the Environmental Protection Agency, Management of the Kumasi Abattoir and the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly with a view to getting those authorities to attend to the problem. 
However, Mr. Okyere lamented that none of those duty bearers has shown interest in finding a solution to the problem.
 The Assembly Member expressed the hope, however, that following the newly created Asokwa Municipal Assembly would give it a priority.

 A Departmental Director of the South Central Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church which head office is located within the vicinity, Pastor Jonathan Owusu, noted that, as a result of the situation, membership of the Ahinsan Congregation has seen a decline.
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 On his part, the Medical Director of the Adventist Hospital, Dr. Agyenim Boateng, noted that apart from causing discomfort caused by the stench, the pollution is also exposing the residents, staff and patients of the hospital to diseases such as typhoid fever and malaria for which reason, the authorities must quickly find a lasting solution to the problem.

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