Jekora Ventures holds the bar in force for sanitation

Mr. Emmanuel Nartey-Tokoli, General Manager of Jekora Ventures, speaking to the people of Adabraka Odawna and to spare parts dealers on strengthening the sanitation system. Photographs: PATRICK DICKSON

Jekora Ventures Limited, a waste management organization, in collaboration with the National Commission for Civic Education (NEDC) organized in Adabraka, Accra, a public education forum to raise public awareness of the implementation of sanitation measures.

Speaking at the forum, Mr. Dey Kukubor, acting municipal coordinator of the Klottey Korle Municipal Assembly (KKMA), said the poor sanitation was causing the floods and deaths resulting from it.

"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.

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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 majority people 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 "borla taxis "whose activities, he said, have worsened the sanitation situation in the country.

Since these operators were neither supervised nor regulated properly, they tended to dispose Waste in unauthorized areas, including 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. ".