{"id":71888,"date":"2014-12-06T13:44:58","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T13:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=71888"},"modified":"2014-12-06T16:29:58","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T16:29:58","slug":"accra-residents-ditch-2nd-national-sanitation-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/accra-residents-ditch-2nd-national-sanitation-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Accra residents ditch 2nd National Sanitation Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
The second edition of the nationwide cleaning exercise which came off Saturday, still did not receive the expected patronage from the public in some areas of Accra.<\/p>\n
The local government Ministry initiated the campaign in November 2014 to rid the country of filth after several hundreds of people died from a cholera outbreak.<\/p>\n
Many Ghanaians did not participate in the exercise in November, prompting officials of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to put in more measures to whip up interest in subsequent months.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”L9SFDmzqBLbKEiAxiXx7ptB7rKuxbmGi”]Public Relations Officer of the Assembly, Nuumo Blafo told Citi News<\/strong> in an earlier interview that the Assembly was dissatisfied with the initial turnout.<\/p>\n \u201cShops were opened while they should be closed and refuse were left on the shoulders of the roads\u2026 We have added two tipper trucks to collect the filth gathered on the shoulders of the road. We have sent out enough information ahead of the second exercise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n However, Citi News<\/strong> checks on some streets of Accra showed there turn out did not improve.<\/p>\n Citi News<\/strong> reporter Eugenia Tenkorang who visited some areas in Adabraka in Accra, including Odawna and the Adabraka market reported that very few people participated in the national event.<\/p>\n At Odawna, close to the Odawna Clinic, there was only one person, Kofi Sarfo who was cleaning dirty and choked drain.<\/p>\n Kofi Sarfo had no gloves, boots, nose covers or other protective equipment or cleaning tools.<\/p>\n According to him, the few people helping him out could only have their turn when he was tired.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, refuse gathered on the shoulders of the streets from the November 1 exercise had still not been carted.<\/p>\n