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Zoomlion urges MPs to help use grant to prevent malaria
Accra, Feb. 25, Ghanadot/GNA - Zoomlion Ghana Limited has
appealed to the Parliamentary Select Committee on
Environment Science and Technology to ensure that the
greater part of the US President’s grant was used in the
prevention of malaria rather than its cure.
Mr George William Bush, the US President made a pledge for
the grant of 17 million dollars for the control of malaria
during his three-day visit to the country last week.
Mrs. Florence Larbi, General Manager Zoomlion made the
appeal when the Parliamentary Select Committee on
Environment, Science and Technology paid a courtesy call on
the company in Accra on Friday.
According to her, the problem of sanitation has been an
age-old one, especially in Africa, hence the attainment of a
healthy nation was tied to
the attainment of environmental sanitation.
Mrs. Larbie said sanitation was key among the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs), which, among other things, aimed
at halving the number of people without access to sanitation
by the year 2015.
"This goal has been one of the major issues driving our
company as we strive to provide a clean and a healthy
environment for our country and
beyond," she said and expressed the hope that Zoomlion would
be a major partner in achieving the aims of the MDGs.
Mrs. Larbi recalled that, this year has been declared as the
International Year of Sanitation to encourage Governments
and its partners to promote and implement policies and
actions for meeting the sanitation target.
"You will also realize that with our presence in Ghana to
help find solutions to the problems of sanitation, jobs have
also been created for thousands of our unemployed youth in
the country," she stated.
The Vice-Chairman of the committee, Mr Joseph Yaani Labik
who led the Parliamentary team said the Committee had
recognized the good job being done by the company in
ensuring that, the cities and towns across the nation were
kept clean.
He also said the creation of jobs that resulted out of the
company's activities was very helpful to the youth of the
country.
"Our visit was to familiarize ourselves with the operations
and appreciate the challenges the company goes through in
its smooth operations,"
He said the company had been a good partner in supporting
government, district assemblies, municipal authorities and
the private sector in the bid
to keep Ghana clean.
The Communications Manager of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Mrs.
Isabella Gyau Orhin expressed delight that during the Ghana
2008 tournament which attracted a lot of people from around
the world, the company was able to help sustain a clean
environment for all the stadia and their environs.
She said the Company was now strengthening its marketing
department to enable it to expand its private clientele
base, while working to expand its activities to other
countries.
GNA
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