Koreans abandon project for fear of Ebola
The outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease in some West African countries has caused disruption to a major bio-gas project for the Kumasi Abattoir.
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A group of Korean experts scheduled to have commenced the project which cost about $180,000 have pulled out at the last minute for fear of contracting the disease, which has claimed over 10,000 lives worldwide.
The Managing Director of the Kumasi Abattoir, Mr Joe Owusu Boadi, has meanwhile given an assurance that the group has rescheduled to begin the project in December.
He made this known at a workshop on the Ebola disease that was held in Kumasi for butchers and people engaged in meat production and marketing.
The project, which is on a pilot in the sub-region, is under the auspices of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and is expected to take six months to complete.
When it is finished, the project is considered to have the likelihood of attracting other West African nations to under-study the process in Ghana so they could produce meat under improved hygienic conditions in their respective countries.
The bio-gas project would replace the use of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) which is currently being employed in preparing meat for the market. Bio-gas is considered to be cheaper than LPG.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic at the workshop, Mr Boadi said the introduction of bio-gas would help deal with waste since a large quantity of residue from production would be recycled and the gas generated to supply electricity.
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The Energy Centre of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Energy Centre is consultant for the project.
Th participants who numbered over 100 were taken through ways of preventing the Ebola disease, and other related matters.