ENVIRONMENT

Achiase District launched sanitation campaign
The church of Pentecost, Zoomlion and the Achiase District Assembly in the Eastern Region have launched sanitation campaign at Akim Achiase the District capital.

Date Created : 3/2/2020 6:12:53 AM : Story Author : Nana Kesse/Ghanadistricts.com

Speaking at the launch, the chairman of the occasion and chief of Achiase Nana Gyenin Kanten II said, insanitary conditions remain a major problem to the District and the country at large. He said the MMDAs have otherwise used for other developmental interventions on sanitation which was unacceptable.

According to the chief, the country is spending a lot of health due to filth. He, therefore, appealed to citizens in the district to halt from littering and use the dustbins placed at vantage points to dispose of waste.



The District Chief Executive Mr. Richmond Amponsah, observe that the insanitary condition in the district has worsened as a result of people dumping waste indiscriminately. This according to him always causes flooding in the district.

The DCE said available statistics that almost 60% of households within the district dispose of their solid waste indiscriminately in open space. He added



On delivering his speech, Mr. Amponsah appealed to the Zoomlion, the Church of Pentecost and the people as a whole to keep an eye on the usage of the trucks and the sanitary items to ensure that they keep long.