{"id":316961,"date":"2017-05-06T13:54:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T13:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=316961"},"modified":"2017-05-06T13:54:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T13:54:09","slug":"filth-weeds-engulf-accra-as-ghanaians-ditch-sanitation-day-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/filth-weeds-engulf-accra-as-ghanaians-ditch-sanitation-day-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Filth, weeds engulf Accra as Ghanaians ditch Sanitation Day [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, political, traditional and religious leaders together with citizens were seen in gutters with gloves and boots; wheelbarrows and shovels cleaning the country on the first day of every month dubbed National Sanitation Day.<\/p>\n<p>But the story is different today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316984 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-22_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-22_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316983 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-21_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-21_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316982 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-20_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-20_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After auditing some prime areas in Accra, Citi News gathered that parts Ghana&#8217;s capital city are bushy, filthy and stinky.<\/p>\n<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had promised to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa after his tenure but if nothing is done immediately, his dream would only be a mirage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316981 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-19_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-19_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316980 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-18_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-18_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316979 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-17_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-17_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316978 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-16_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-16_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316977 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-15_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-15_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316976 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-14_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-14_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316975 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-13_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-13_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At Madina, heaps of refuse were seen at the base of almost every street light pole.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom of the huge concrete pillars supporting an uncompleted footbridge has become a urinal and a refuse site.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316973 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-11_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-11_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316972 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-10_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-10_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316971 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-9_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-9_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-316968\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-6_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-6_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The stench that emanates from the spot is so strong that it can knock one out if one stays in the area for too long.<\/p>\n<p>Opposite Peter Pan restaurant is perhaps the heaviest heap of garbage.<\/p>\n<p>There are sacks, cartons and big black poly bags full of refuse generated by market and motorist.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2018trotro\u2019 driver who spoke to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> said \u201cno sensible person will be happy with this situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But he was seen throwing refuse from his van and justified his action arguing that there is a heap of refuse there already.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-316967\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-5_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-5_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All these are happening under the nose of the La-Nkwatanang Municipal Office which is just a junction away and in the heart of a disorderly and dirty market.<\/p>\n<p>From Madina to Accra, one can see over grown bushes in between lanes and along the roads. Trees planted here do not number more than five.<\/p>\n<p>Their fate hang in a balance as the battle with wild weed to survive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316966 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-4_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-4_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Labourers were however seen clearing the weeds from the Ghana Standards Board a few distance beyond Okponglo.<\/p>\n<p>Spanner, a popular bus stop at the heart of Villa Montecello, Accra Mall and the Africa Regent Hotel are both engulfed in bush and garbage at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316965 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-3_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-3_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a long week of hard work, city dwellers desirous of recreating at the beach behind Art Center will be completely turned off given that the beach lives up to the name its squatters have given it: &#8216;Borla Beach&#8217; to wit Beach of Garbage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316963 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/filth-and-bush-in-accra-1_1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"filth-and-bush-in-accra-1_1000x750\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Driving around the city with your family on a weekend should be fun. But not in Accra as almost every turn in the capital is bushy, filthy and stinky.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Caleb Kudah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, political, traditional and religious leaders together with citizens were seen in gutters with gloves and boots; wheelbarrows and shovels cleaning the country on the first day of every month dubbed National Sanitation Day. But the story is different today. 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