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General News on Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-04-09
play the videoEmmanuel Nartey-Tokoli, General Manager of Jekora Ventures
Two bodies have been found in the Odaw River in Accra during the past two weeks.
The acting municipal coordinator of the Klottey Korle Municipal Assembly (KKMA), Mr. Dey Kukubor, said the poor sanitation was responsible for the floods and deaths that resulted.
He made this revelation last Friday at a public education forum hosted by Jekora Ventures, a waste management organization, in collaboration with the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE).
"Two weeks ago, we recovered a body from the Odaw River and three days ago we recovered another, should we still recover the bodies of the river whenever it's raining?" he questioned.
He therefore appealed to the population to support the badembly in order to improve the sanitation situation and, finally, to completely eliminate waste.
Forum
At the forum, Mr. Tetteh Wayo, director of Accra Metropolitan Area Metro, urged district bademblies to make their sanitation regulations available to the population to help them solve the problems of the city. Remediation of society.
He observed that the majority of people were engaged in inadequate sanitation practices because they had no knowledge of these regulations or their civic responsibilities.
"The problem is that these laws are developed and kept on badembly shelves and are not revealed to the people.
Because of the ignorance of the law, people do things in their own way. So what is the essence of developing these laws? ", Is interviewed Mr. Wayo.
Sanitation education
Wayo was speaking at a rally in Accra last Friday to raise awareness of sanitation issues and help design new waste management methods.
"It is up to the bademblies to make these laws known to the people so that they abstain from any act of indiscipline," he said.
Mr. Wayo encouraged the bademblies to become familiar with the regulations to better inform the public.
"Once they have read the laws, half of the problem is solved because they will act more responsibly.
At NCCE, we will also continue to support and ensure that we fulfill our duty to educate the public about these badembly rules, "he said.
"Borla" taxis
The Director General of Jekora Ventures, Mr. Immanuel B. Nartey-Tokoli, lamented the ascendancy of the illegal operators of "taxis borla" whose activities, he said, have worsened the situation in terms 39, sanitation of the country.
He noted that because these operators were not properly supervised and regulated, they tended to evacuate garbage in unauthorized areas such as streets, sidewalks and rivers.
He therefore indicated that he was ready to adopt operators who were in his sector of activity and who were willing to carry out their activities legally to ensure that they functioned properly.
Turning to the issue of plastic waste, Mr Nartey-Tokoli said that "plastic is a big problem in this country and a major cause of flooding, so we are proposing an innovative way to control the situation. ".
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