“Pollution of Dansu. Its sensational , says K’dua MCE. Graphic story is credible – Expert” is the lead headline of the Daily Graphic. In one of the two stories under the headline, the paper said, the Koforidua Municipal Chief Executive, Mr. Emanuel Adu-Boateng has denied that pollution of the Densu River is due to “irresponsible disposal of solid and liquid waste” into the river by residents in the catchment areas.
According to the paper, Mr. Adu-Boateng therefor described as sensational the lead story of the Monday Daily Graphic , saying, “it is intended to create panic”
In the other story, an environmental specialist, Mr. S.B. Akuffo, has commended the Daily Graphic for exposing the danger posed by the pollution of Densu to River by residents in the catchment area of the river.
The paper quoted the specialist as saying that the Graphic story confirms the pollution of the river through the dumping of solid and liquid waste.
