Graphic, Zoomlion clean up parts of Kumasi
As part of the Graphic Communication Group Limited’s (GCGL’s) sanitation campaign, there was a clean-up exercise in some parts of Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, last Saturday.
The campaign, which is in partnership with Zoomlion, a waste management company, climaxed a stakeholders’ dialogue on sanitation organised by the two partners in the city last Thursday.
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The clean-up exercise started at exactly 6 a.m. with about 200 workers of Zoomlion and residents, who de-silted the drains from the Asafo Interchange area through the VIP Lorry Terminal to the Cement Roundabout at Asafo, ending at Amakom.
Present were the Advert and Sales Manager of the GCGL, Mr George Danso, and the Ashanti and Bono Area Zonal Business Manager of the group, Mr Martin Sarfo.
The rest were the acting Corporate and Communications Manager of the GCGL, Mrs Kyerewaa Asiama Wiafe, and the Assembly Member for the Asafo Electoral Area, Mr Ernest Okine.
Dressed in their sanitation programme branded T-Shirts, they showed leadership by example by leading the clean-up exercise.
Attitudinal change
Mr Sarfo said one of the major challenges affecting sanitation in Kumasi was people’s attitude towards the disposal of waste and keeping the environment tidy at all times.
He said the time had come for all and sundry to be responsible for the waste they generated in their daily activities, “be it at home, the workplace or on the streets”.
“Good sanitation practices must start from the individual at home before its ripple effect can be visited on society,” he added.
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He gave an assurance that the GCGL would continue to devote space in its publications to sanitation matters to educate the public on proper sanitation practices to ensure a clean Ghana.
Commendation
Mr Okine lauded the two partners for the initiative and entreated other corporate bodies to emulate their example for a healthy environment.
He noted that in spite of the many waste disposal bins placed strategically in the electoral area, some recalcitrant residents still dumped refuse indiscriminately and cautioned such people to desist from that practice or face the wrath of the assembly.