Residents of Ngleshie electoral area in Odododiodioo constituency on Friday, March 6th which marked the 63rd Independence Day engaged themselves in a massive clean-up exercise organized by the Assemblyman Festus Nii Ayi Hayford, to dredge the heavily choked gutters that connect Accra Central through the constituency to the Korle lagoon.
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In an interview with the assemblyman, Hon Hayford said the Assembly has over the past 10 weeks been dredging the choked gutters and drains and will continue to undertake the exercise for some time to come.
He said since waste management companies have stopped the dredging, the Assembly has taken upon itself to undertake the exercise to forestall any form of epidemic in the area.
Mr. Solomon Barnor a member of the Greater Regional Finance Committee of the NDC and an indigene of the electoral area was present to participate in the clean-up exercise.
Mr. Barnor who shared his thoughts on the challenges in the community said: “This has been a challenge since the 80s and the major cause of this is because, the market women in and around the Makola and Salaga markets, dump their daily refuse into the gutter which later ends up here when it rains.”
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He added that this poses a serious health threat to the residents. “this is an attitudinal problem, and since we have not been able to stop this act, we, therefore, have to put measures in place to make the people responsible. My suggestion is that we should fix strong metallic rails or mesh at every 100 meters in the gutter, to trap the solid waste so that the people in that range will be responsible and act as their own watchdogs. I am appealing to Corporate Ghana and corporate institutions in and around the constituency to help curb this challenge.”
He congratulated the Assembly for organizing such a wonderful exercise and donated some bottled water, assorted drinks and some undisclosed cash to the Assembly.
