Sanitation Day in Kumasi records another low turnout
There was general lack of interest by the public in the last National Sanitation Day exercise in Kumasi. Last Saturday’s clean-up exercise was the 8th National Sanitation Day event to be marked since its inception.
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At Kejetia, for instance, many traders, noticeably those who have been recently relocated from their trading posts to make way for the reconstruction of the Kumasi Central Market, went about selling from makeshift tents, totally disregarding officials of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and security personnel who busily cleared choked drains and gutters.
The KMA boss, Kojo Bonsu, had previously warned that any member of the public who failed to get involved in sanitation day exercises would be prosecuted.
But when the Public Relations Officer of the KMA, Mr Godwin Okumah Nyame, was asked what would happen to those who had ignored the call to clean up, he was evasive on the matter.
Kumawu clean-up
Meanwhile, the Paramount Chief of Kumawu, Barima Sarfo Tweneboah-Koduah, has urged traditional authorities in the country to support the National Sanitation Day programme as it held enormous benefit for all.
He told the Daily Graphic, after leading the townfolk in a clean up exercise at Kumawu that traditional authorities must show leadership to encourage their subjects to take keen interest in the exercise.
Barima Tweneboah-Koduah, who is also a medical doctor, rallied the people, including assembly members and personnel from other agencies, to weed along the streets of Kumawu. The volunteers cleared bushes in front of the Kumawu Government Hospital, mopped up the various wards, removed cobwebs and cleared the silt from the drains at the facility.
The District Chief Executive for Sekyere Kumawu, Mr Samuel Asiamah, said the assembly had intensified public education on maintaining sanitation in all the 25 communities that make up the district.
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He said his outfit would begin to strictly enforce the assembly’s bye-laws on sanitation with effect from next month.