Rana Motors donates vehicle towards Okyenhene’s campaign
Rana Motors and Metal Works Engineering Company Ltd, has donated a Kia Sportage vehicle in support of the Okyenhene’s campaign towards a clean and healthier environment.
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The vehicle would be the prize for the ultimate winner of the “Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin’s Cleaner Ghana Campaign (OCHC)” in a raffle to be drawn in 2014.
Fundraising campaign
Resource mobilisation for the Okyenhene’s sanitation project dubbed, “Let’s Team Up to Clean Up” was officially launched on December 8, 2013.
The funds raised would be used to implement the Okyenhene’s sanitation improvement programmes and interventions.
The campaign utilises the SMS fundraising service of all mobile telecommunication networks in the country.
Members of the public are expected to donate a minimum of GH¢1 by texting shortcode 1583 to all mobile networks. The highest texter would be the winner of the car in a draw in February, 2014.
At a ceremony in Accra last Wednesday, where Rana Motors presented the Kia Sportage to the Okyenhene, he impressed on the public not to shift their civic responsibilities with respect to sanitation to the government.
He, accordingly, called on the public to participate in the national effort to manage the problem of environmental sanitation.
Media briefing
Briefing the media, Osagyefuo Ofori Panin noted that the capacity of the government and district assemblies to deal adequately with the problem of increasing waste generation and the accompanying environmental degradation in the country far outstripped the resources required to manage the problem.
He mentioned typhoid, malaria, diarrhoea, cholera and intestinal worm infestations as some of the health problems associated with poor sanitation.
Osagyefuo Ofori Panin advised the public to ensure that the nation was clean.
Touching on the problem of illegal mining in the country, the Okyenhene posited that illegal mining was reckless and criminal.
He said it was shameful for any Ghanaian to engage in illegal mining which poses a threat to the lives of other Ghanaians.
Reason for donation
The Head of Marketing of Rana Motors and Metal Works Engineering Company Ltd, Mr Kojo Demanya, said the donation demonstrated the company’s sense of social responsibility.
He added that it was also to encourage the general public to actively participate in the SMS fundraising campaign.