The Mayor of Accra, Dr Okoe Vanderpuije has ordered the establishment of a five-member taskforce in all the electoral areas of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to tackle the city’s poor sanitary conditions.
The taskforce, he said would be headed by Assembly members, representatives from the District Cleansing Officers Unit, District Environmental Sanitation, NADMO and the Unit Committee.
The Mayor said the current clean-up exercise would continue until all refuse dumps within the city has been evacuated.
Dr Vanderpuije explained that refuse had piled up at various parts of the city as a result of the closing down of some landfill sites.
He said the AMA had acquired two alternative landfill sites at North Ablekuma and South Ablekuma for the dumping of refuse.
The Mayor commended the President, the Vice President, the Ministries of Local Government, Environment, Science and Technology and Health for their support to rid the Metropolis of filth and refuse from 15 sites.
He said the various Taskforce would collaborate with the Waste Management contractors to sustain the current exercise.
The Mayor urged residents of the city to dump their refuse at the appropriate place and to desist from littering indiscriminately.
Chairman of the Environmental Sub-Committee of the AMA, Dr Phillip Lamptey, called for an attitudinal change to keep the city clean.
He advised them to stop dumping refuse into drains during down pours.
The Co-ordinating Director of the AMA, Mr Samuel Ayeh Datey said the exercise would be sustained until the city is rid of filth.
The Ashiedu-Keteke Sub-Metro Chairman, Mr Daniel Nii Okai, called for the prosecution of those who litter the city.
Source: GNA