The Managing Director of Zoom Alliance, Mr Agyeinim Boateng Adjei, has called for the enforcement of punitive actions by metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) against people who dispose of refuse haphazardly as a way of maintaining a clean environment.
Mr Adjei attributed the problem of indiscriminate waste disposal to human attitude and urged the MMDAs to enforce their bye-laws to deter people from littering the community.
He made the call when he led a team to inspect progress of work at the Nungua Old Cemetery, a suburb of Accra, a few days after the launch of the one-month special evacuation exercise.
The company, in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, on Saturday, September 7, 2013, launched a campaign dubbed, “The one-month special evacuation exercise” to clear and evacuate refuse collection points, communities with heaps of refuse and some drains.
The exercise is targeted at markets and communities and involves intensive weekend clean-up exercises, as well as monitoring and enforcement of good sanitation practices at operational sites on weekdays.
During the inspection tour, Mr Adjei noted that the exercise was to demonstrate to Ghanaians that it was possible to evacuate the heaps of refuse, as well as ensure that people gradually changed their attitude towards keeping their communities clean.
He stated that after clearing the land at Nungua, it would be refilled with laterite and handed over to the community for any project that would benefit them.
The Senior Operations and Technical Manager at Zoom Alliance, Kenneth Asare, said the exercise had so far been good, in spite of a few challenges with dumping sites within the metropolis.
