Citi FM together with a social action group, One Ghana Movement, will later this morning launch a citizen responsibility campaign dubbed “The Right Way Initiative.
The campaign to be championed by the group is geared towards improving insanitary conditions in the country.
[contextly_sidebar id=”vIFMZxwZaFsEifZpHgpug980neCLnxJm”]Today’s event will seek to understand from the Sanitation Minister, Joseph Kofi Adda, on what steps he took in the last one year to place Accra on the path to become Africa’s cleanest city as envisioned by President Akufo-Addo.
The program, which will be live on Citi FM, will have the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Joseph Kofi Adda, and Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah, discussing various themes of the campaign.
The Director of News Programming at Citi FM, Benard Avle, told Citi News, “the rains have started and we want to know what the AMA has done to make sure that we don’t have repeated flooding, and we also want to understand from the point of the view of the Sanitation Minister, what he has been doing since he took office and what specific things he is set to do in the next few weeks to ensure that dream of making Accra the cleanest city… It is one of the things we are doing to carrying the conversation from mere intention to action”
Ghana’s problem with filth is well documented and can be accurately described, as plastic waste is noted as a major sanitation problem nationwide.
The capital, Accra is inundated with waste and uncollected garbage despite promises by various assemblies to improve the situation.
The sight of refuse dumped on the streets or on pavements is not uncommon, with the rubbish sometimes being left by waste management companies.
President Nana Akufo-Addo in 2017 pledged to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa by the end of his tenure in office but given the current situation, that appears to be in doubt.
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By: Jonas Nyabor/citifmonline.com/Ghana