Accra residents ditch 2nd National Sanitation Day

Regional News of Saturday, 6 December 2014

Source: citifmonline.com

The second edition of the nationwide cleaning exercise which came off on Saturday, did not receive the expected patronage from the public in some areas of Accra.

The local government Ministry initiated the campaign in November 2014 to rid the country of filth after several hundreds of people contracted cholera and some deaths recorded. Many Ghanaians did not participate in the exercise in November, prompting officials of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to put in more measures to whip up interest in subsequent months.

Public Relations Officer of the Assembly, Nuumo Blafo told Citi News in an earlier interview that the Assembly was dissatisfied with the initial turnout.

Shops were opened while they should be closed and refuse were left on the shoulders of the roads We have added two tipper trucks to collect the filth gathered on the shoulders of the road. We have sent out enough information ahead of the second exercise, he said.

However, Citi News checks on some streets of Accra showed the turnout did not improve.

Citi News reporter Eugenia Tenkorang, who visited some areas in Adabraka in Accra, including Odawna and the Adabraka markets, reported that very few people participated in the national event.

At Odawna, close to the Odawna Clinic, there was only one person, Kofi Sarfo, who was cleaning dirty and choked drains.

Kofi Sarfo had no gloves, boots, nose covers or other protective equipment or cleaning tools.

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Accra residents ditch 2nd National Sanitation Day