Jospong appeals to media, religious bodies to support sanitation campaign
Media practitioners in Ghana have been called upon to give environmental sanitation similar attention it gave to illegal mining (galamsey) to help achieve President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision of a clean Ghana and more specifically make Accra the cleanest city in the whole of Africa. Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies and Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong made the call when he met senior journalists to update them on the operations of his companies. Mr. Agyepong said “instead of wasting your precious times on non-existent stories, as some of you do I appeal to you to give environmental sanitation your attention as it will go a long way to bring health and generate more wealth into our local economy”. He said the private sector has taken pragmatic and innovative measures to support the President’s vision but what is lacking is an organized effort to support the initiative from the media, the religious bodies, civil society organizations, traditional leaders and the MMDAs to enforce just the by-laws . “The challenge of environmental cleanliness appears insurmountable but with sheer commitment and a collective resolution by all key players such as waste managers, the media, government, civil society organisations and the individual citizens of Ghana, I am certain that we can surmount it and nip it in the bud once and for all. More importantly the president’s vision and mantra about cleanliness should be our guiding modus operandi to ensure that our country especially the gateway to Africa which is our capital Accra is kept clean at all times”. Mr. Agyepong said he believes strongly that the problem of the waste is not about the waste managers cleaning everywhere 24/7 but the attitude of Ghanaians towards waste disposal and towards the waste managers themselves. “It is against this backdrop that I am appealing to you the media to support the waste managers and government to ensure that people’s attitude towards waste is changed for the better”.
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