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General News of Saturday, April 27, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-04-27
Environmental Protection Agency claims to have limited staff
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated that its work on noise pollution control in the country is hampered by insufficient staff and inadequate logistics.
Many have complained of rising noise levels in neighborhoods across the country.
In an interview with Citi News, Angelina Mensah, the agency's acting director of public affairs, said there were currently only five professionals who were overburdened to control the noise level. Across the country.
"This is one of the main complaints we have received and it is very overwhelming for us. We try, but the other thing is that we also lack numbers. If you want to measure someone who measures noise, they are not more than five in the whole country. So, what they do, is that they leave Accra and monitor the air pollution. "
EPA to support underfunded agencies with 1 million GHC
These claims come a few weeks after EPA announced that it would spend one million Cedis on its internally generated funds to support other underfunded agencies reporting to the Ministry of the Environment. , Science, Technology and Innovation.
Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, revealed it during his recent series of press meetings in Accra.
In 2016, the Ministry of Finance asked the EPA to transfer 15% of its internally generated funds to the parent ministry.
Speaking at the "Press Meeting" series on Monday, Professor Frimpong Boateng said the EPA was earning more money than other ministry agencies, hence the decision.
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