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Bats from La Cote D'lviore have invaded the Bia Western District in
the Western Region.
The District, which is an area noted for cocoa production shares a
border with villages in Cote D'lviore,
The influx of the bats are causing nuisance to the people with the
most affected areas being Oseikojokrom, Yamatwa and Pillar One in the
region.
Mr Kwabena Tweneboah-Kodua, the District Chief Executive (DCE), told a
general meeting held by Western Regional Coordinating Council, at
Sekondi that the bats invaded the country the District after Cote
D'lviore embarked on a mass spraying exercise to ward them [bats] off
the country.
Mr Tweneboah-Kodua called on government to take measures to address
the situation.
He said though the National Disaster Management Organisation(NADMO)
had been informed about the challenge, the timely intervention of
government will help address the problem.
This is not the first time bats have invaded a particular region in the country.
Students and teachers of the Roman Catholic Basic School in Juapong in
the North Tongu District of the Volta Region have been living in fear
after the school was invaded by bats.
Though not proven to be the Ebola-transmitting species, the bats were
reportedly impeding teaching and learning in the school.
Bats are regarded as one of the mammals that can transmit the Ebola
disease, which has killed thousands in West Africa.
Credit: GNA
