The National Coordinator of the Environmental Care Campaign Programme of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Samuel Gakpetor has appealed to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to enforce their environmental by-laws to the letter.
He also called on the MMDAs to ensure that qualified waste management contractors are engaged to collect and lift domestic and public waste to its final disposal site.
Apostle Gakpetor made the plea when launched the church’s Environmental Care Campaign at Kokomlemle in Accra. He commended Zoomlion Ghana Ltd for their concerted efforts in helping the church with needed equipment, logistics and workforce to support the programme in the area.
A Communications Officer of Zoomlion Ghana Ltd, Adams Mohammed Mahama told the gathering that the Environmental Services Providers Association (ESPA) this year is implementing a project called “Pick it up” whereby members of the society are expected to pick every refuse they find anywhere during their day to day activities.
According to him, Zoomlion is collaborating with the MMDAs to distribute one million bins nationwide to households to stop the haphazard littering in “our towns and cities under the ‘One Household one bin project’.”
Mr Mahama said due to the importance of the one million bin project his outfit has procured a loan facility of $10million to produce quality waste bins through a subsidiary of Zoomlion Universal Plastic Product and Recycling Ltd (UPPR) also here in Ghana.
Representing the La Dadekotopong Municipal Chief Executive, Gladys Tsotsoo Mann-Dedey was the Municipal Public Relations Officer, Davis Nii Amaa Ollenna. He said the assembly was engaged in educating the public on education, health and environmental sanitation to ensure healthy and meaningful lifestyles of the citizenry.
Source: Ghana/Starrfmonline.com/103.5FM
