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Editorial News of Tuesday, 3 July 2001

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Meteo has only two raincoats

Two raincoats and two pairs of boots are all that the Meteorological Services Department has, as protective gear against the vagaries of the weather for the execution of their duties.

Furthermore, these raincoats and boots are used by all the twenty officers at the Kotoka International Airport headquarters of the service, as revealed by Mr Tsatsu Siameh, Senior Meteorologist of the service, on JOY FM's Breakfast Show last Thursday.

Laying bare the sordid picture, Mr Siameh stated that, "if one has footrot it can affect the others, and furthered that the department needed adequate gear to brave weather in their work.