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An Accra High Court Monday injuncted Empire Cement Ghana Limited from manufacturing cement in the McCarthy Hills enclave.

The injunction follows concerns by the McCarthy Hill residents on the citing of the factory and manufacturing of cement in the area, which they said posed health hazards.The Court said the Company, in its submission, admitted that it had no permit from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the regulatory body mandated to oversee such ventures.

It said the Company, with its Chinese owners and Ghanaian collaborators had also defied laws and regulations of Ghana.
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McCarthy Hill Residents Association months ago at a press conference, alleged that the Company was producing cement despite order by State regulators for them to stop operation. 

The community members said activities of the Company were having serious effects on their health.  Mr Eddie Quaynor MBE, Chairperson of the Association, said the Company did not have permit to manufacture cement in the area and was illegally operating.  

“The Company was established to be producers of cement paper bags and not producers of cement itself, so it is worrying that it has started producing cement disregarding the health complications it is causing,” he stated.
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It’s for the reason of protecting the environment that resulted in the protests and recent media coverage against the wrongly sited location of the Empire Cement factory.

For one thing, the Empire Cement owners intentionally avoided engagements with residents in that area including Tetegu, Weija, North and South McCarthy Hill, Gbawe, and Mallam bordering Sakaman and Odorkor – all in the Weija and Ablekuma constituencies. The residents were shocked to see the speed and the extent of construction that had occurred so quickly, night and day.

And that should alert the nation’s officials and concerned citizens about the environmental degradation happening on their blind side. Prevention is better than cure. It is better to stop the wanton destruction of the environment than try to save it when the ruin has already occurred.
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