Zoomlion pledges support for National Sanitation Day
Waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has committed substantial logistical and equipment support to boost the government's National Sanitation Day initiative scheduled for the first Saturday of every month.
The support include dedicated workers, compaction trucks, essential protective equipment such as gloves and nose masks, and other waste management gear.
“Zoomlion is committed to supporting all metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) nationwide to ensure that the National Sanitation Day is not just a one-day event, but continues to advance the President’s Clean Ghana Agenda,” the Director of Monitoring and Service Quality at Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Ernest Kusi, told the media during the maiden clean-up on October 4.
Zoomlion’s role
Mr Kusi said as a leader in sanitation, Zoomlion had been part of the nationwide planning process for the National Sanitation Day.
“Our staff members across all the regions are actively participating.
We have supplied logistics such as brooms, nose masks, gloves, compaction trucks and skip trucks to support the exercise across municipalities and districts,” he added.
Aside from providing logistics and equipment to the national clean-up exercise, the Zoomlion Director of Monitoring and Service Quality indicated that his outfit was also investing in public education, stressing that behavioural change was crucial to the success of this agenda.
“We believe sanitation is about lifestyle change. If people adjust their attitudes towards littering, it will make a huge difference. We run the Zoom Kids Programme in schools across the country, where we form clubs to instil sanitation habits in young people from an early age.
“This way, they grow up with positive attitudes towards cleanliness,” he explained.
Mr Kusi said proper waste storage was equally important to the success of the National Sanitation Day initiative.
Exercise
In Accra, the exercise was led by the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, and the Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ibrahim Ahmed, with support from Zoomlion.
It commenced at the AMA headquarters, through the principal streets of the Central Business District (CBD) to the Kwame Nkrumah Circle and Agbogbloshie Market, among other areas.
Addressing participants in the clean-up exercise at the forecourt of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) head office at Tudu, Accra, the Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, encouraged Ghanaians to cultivate the determination to keep cities and the environment clean at all times.
“This, however, must not only be seen as a physical exercise; it is also a mental and attitudinal one. Beyond the sweeping and cleaning, we must work on resetting our mindset and changing our behavioural attitudes,” he stated.
