Report by Ben LARYEA
The Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs which spear headed the President’s two nation sanitation day exercise embarked on an inspection visit that took management and staffs to Alajo, a suburb of Accra to supervise the collection of debris and waste on pavements as well as the streets.
That tour in the company of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), Regional Coordinating Councill (RCC), Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA) Ghana, Zoo lion Ghana Limited, Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and other players in the sanitation space worked with a collective effort to ensure that no refuse or garbage were left in the metropolis and municipalities.
The delegation visited J.A. Plant Pool Ghana Limited to have first hand information on heavy – duty trucks to bring on board as part of the effort to clear the pile up of solid waste within communities affected by the flood for unward transport to various dumping sites across the country.
Officials in this regard used the occasion to tour also the waste transfer station at Achimota to ensure that the Borla tricycles are able to discharge their refuse free of charge and go back to collect the heap of refuse piled along the drains and gutters in the communities as the officials applauded cutting edge technology in segregating the waste at the site.
Staffs of Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP) received the Minister of Local Government Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Hon. Ahmed Ibrahim and his entourage and briefed them on the modern ways of waste segregation and disposal as others after turning them into organic compost fertilizer for agricultural purposes.
The Minister in an interview expressed his gratitude to all the stakeholders in the sanitation value chain for their unwavering support and commitments during the two-day sanitation nationwide clean up after the flood saying government will continue to scale up the needed infrastructure and mechanisms to avert such disasters.
He again commended the media for their tireless effort in propagating and sensitizing the public on the weather and flood preparedness and the commitment exhibited during their respective coverage and reportage of the floods.
