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Year-long clean-up exercise in Accra Metropolis begins
Accra, Jan. 25, Ghanadot/GNA –
Parliamentarians in Accra/Tema Metropolitan Areas on
Saturday began a year-long clean-up exercise to rid the area
of filth in fulfilment of President John Atta Mills’
initiative to Keep Ghana Clean within the first 100 days of
his administration.
The exercise undertaken in collaboration with management of
Zoomlion Ghana was code named “Keep Ghana Clean”.
The year-long exercise to be extended to other regions
included distilling of drains, sweeping and collection of
refuse.
Speaking to journalists, Mr Fritz Baffour, Member of
Parliament for Ablekuma South and Mr Jonathan Nii Tackie
Komme, Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo said their
constituencies within fishing communities had high incidence
of malaria, cholera and typhoid fever.
“There is therefore, the need to rid the communities of
filth to ensure good health for the people,” they said.
“Being the heart of the metropolis, there is the need for us
to get involved as Parliamentarians to join the citizenry to
fight these preventive diseases.”
At Madina/Abokobi Constituency, Alhaji Amadu Sorogho
complained of lack of dumping sites to dispose off refuse
and called on the people to participate in the exercise to
be in good health to achieve middle income status set for
the country in 2020.
GNA
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