Church of Pentecost, Zoomlion to clean Haatso, environs

The Haatso Area branch of the Church of Pentecost and Zoomlion Ghana Limited are set to undertake a massive clean-up exercise to rid Haatso and its communities of filth.

The exercise, which is under the "Environmental Care Campaign", an initiative by the Church of Pentecost to ensure that communities are kept clean, will bring together stakeholders such as the Environmental Protection Agency, National Disaster Management Organisation, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, market women, assembly members and community members to clean and demonstrate the need to keep the environment clean.

The Haatso Area Head of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Emmanuel Agyemang Bekoe, indicated that the Church of Pentecost had rolled out the Environmental Care Campaign for all its church branches to champion and undertake clean-up activities to keep communities clean.

Sanitation

He said an environmental sanitation management plan which would include clean-ups, public education and law enforcement activities would be undertaken at Haatso and its surrounding communities to sustain a clean environment.

The Corporate Affairs Manager of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Mr Daniel Ohene, who spoke at a stakeholders engagement to execute the environmental sanitation management plan, explained that Zoomlion was providing the needed logistics and waste managers to sweep public places, clear drains, collect heaps of refuse, educate the public, among others.

He pointed out that the company was providing over one million waste bins for households for easy storage of solid waste.

Stakeholders

Mr Ohene charged stakeholders to stressed the need for households to acquire those waste bins as it would improve upon solid waste collection and ensure environmental cleanliness.

The Bohye Market Queen, Naa Odua Sowah, indicated to the stakeholders the need to provide dustbins at vantage points for easy collection of waste at market centres.

She bemoaned the improper waste management practices at public places which had become a health threat and charged market women to keep the various markets clean.

Others

Other officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Madina Chief Imam and the Assemblies of God Church also took turns to outline their various activities geared towards ensuring that the Environmental Care Campaign is sustainably managed in Haatso and its environs.