Ghacem delegation calls on minister
A delegation from cement manufacturer, Ghacem Ltd, has paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Joe Oteng Agyei.
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The call was to officially notify the ministry about the ongoing 2nd edition of Ghacem’s Quarry Life Awards (QLA) campaign, and to also thank the ministry for the immense support it gave the maiden edition last year.
The delegation, which includes the QLA National Co-ordinator, Mr Kwabena Larbi Addo, and the Communications Co-ordinator, Mr Solomon Ayiah; were received on behalf of the minister by the ministry’s Chief Director, Dr Sylvester Anemana, and the Director of Finance and Administration at the ministry, Mr Kwasi Agyei Tabi.
The QLA Campaign is an annual competition organised by the Heidelberg Cement (HC) Group and its subsidiaries across the globe, including Ghacem Limited of Ghana, to source ideas towards the effective regeneration and management of biodiversity in its mining sites across the world.
Essentially, the campaign seeks to reward the most effective ideas of reclaiming lands in areas where the HC Group operates globally. As an award scheme, the QLA is organised first at the national level, after which the top three winners from each country are selected to compete at the international level.
In a remark, Mr Ayiah announced that 35 proposals had so far been presented for consideration for this year’s competition.
He was, however, convinced that this year’s national winners would emulate the example of last year’s winner, Mr Paul K. Nsiah of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), who emerged second at the international competition. “We will even up our game this year to ensure that one of Ghana’s top finalists emerges winner globally.
Mr Larbi Addo described the enthusiasm characterising this year’s national competition as impressive, “compared to last year’s,” and was, therefore, sure that the researchers would come out with unique and innovative ideas on land reclamation.
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He said to ensure the success of the 2014 event, the jury had visited and elicited the buy-in of the geology, mining, biodiversity and environmental science faculties of all the public universities in the country.
On behalf of the minister, the Chief Director commended Ghacem Ltd and its mother company, Heidelberg Group, for “sustaining this research initiative and making it an annual event.”