By Joseph Tumbey
The environmentalist from the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia EPA, Mr. Abayomi B. C Grant has taken side with the Best Agriculture Company involving into the recycling of machines oils causing serious pollution over thousands of Inhabitants living around the facility as he officially labels the Company his Client.
While the Community General Chairman Mr. Arthur Byron Vaye Sr. is calling on the Government and other stake holders to demand the Company to control their harmful substances release in the air, the Environmentalist unilateral disclosed that nor the smoke neither the recycling oils is harmful to the live of human.
Mr. Grant a Liberian Environmentalist who has served over public over 13 years has officially declared the Best Agriculture Company as his client and characterized the thousands inhabitants seeking redress from their pollution as money seeking method to make their life easier.
People living in Car wash lofa Community, Mount Barclay alarm being affected by serious pollution from the Best Agriculture Company set to recycle Machines oils situated within the Ritco Distillery facility that’s producing alcoholic beverages for consumption in Monrovia, while calling on the Government and the International Community to see reasons to relocate the factory or warn them to control waste in order to save their live.
The general Community Chairman Mr. Arthur Vincent said, the pollution begins over the shor period when they saw a long pipe elevated in the Rajia International Trading Company “RITCO” for the past days.
According to him, several inhabitants from his locality continue to complain about the suffocation the suffer from their homes daily when ever the Company switched the appliance on.
“James T. Kollie by block Chairman along with many others have been calling me complaining how they are suffering from pollution coming from Ritco fence.
Women Children and others have being taken to hospitals and more over a child within the age of seven and Family have currently re located to Barnesville for rescue doing to the harmful effects from the Factory”, the general community Chairman explained.
He however said, when approach the Authority of the RITCO Distillery facility, they were told that even though the company lies within their facility but has different management.
When contacted an Indian Businessman, Rakesh Goyai Commonly known as George, he recommended a Man who claims t o be an Environmentalist from the Environment Protection Agency EPA only Identified as Abayomi Grant said, the Factory has not commence production but rather trying their equipment.
“Best Agriculture Company is registered under the Liberia government, they are lying to you. No pollution here as nothing here is harmful.
If they want money let them tell us, the EPA Environmentalist responded to the media.
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