AMA Continues War On Filth

By William Yaw Owusu

Monday, 31 July 2006
THE Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) last Saturday, organised the fourth in the series of clean-up exercises within the metropolis.

Nii Stanley Adjiri-Blankson, Mayor of Accra, led an entourage to supervise the exercise in areas such as the Salaga Market, Bukom, Osu, Abossey Okai, Kwame Nkrumah Circle and Fadama.

Even though patronage was not as high as the first exercise held in January, the residents who turned out worked hard to desilt gutters and cleared their neighbourhoods of weeds and garbage.

Trucks provided by Zoom Lion Ghana Limited, a waste management company, were used to carry the garbage to dumping sites.

The exercise was supported by the Ghana National Fire Service who provided tenders to flush the gutters and the military who provided ambulance service.

At Bukom, Mr Adjiri-Blankson expressed misgiving about the attitude of some of the residents who have virtually turned the streets into kitchens, entertainment and playing grounds while the gutters are used as places of convenience.

He said the AMA will no longer tolerate such acts of indiscipline and asked the people to abide by the assembly’s bye-laws.

At Abossey Okai where the patronage was high the Mayor promised to empower the executives of the spare parts association to arrest people who litter the environment.

Oscar Provencal, Public Relations Officer of Zoom Lion Company Limited, said the backlog of refuse left at the road sides and dumping sites as a result of the exercise will be cleared in the course of this week.