Africa-Press – Ghana. The Ashaiman Municipal Assembly (ASHMA) has begun moves to evacuate about 40,000 cubic metres of refuse across the municipality as part of efforts to improve sanitation.
Mr Freeman Tsekpor, Ashaiman Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), disclosed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) after an evacuation exercise at the Sakasaka Park area.
He said the exercise formed part of the Assembly’s activities to rid the municipality of filth, adding that similar evacuations had already taken place at Presby Junction, Ashaiman Main Market, Newtown Junction, and the Sakasaka Park.
Mr Tsekpor stated that a sanitation task force would be deployed to guard the cleared sites and prevent further dumping, warning that offenders would be prosecuted to serve as a deterrent. He also expressed the Assembly’s readiness to collaborate with stakeholders in the sanitation sector to make Ashaiman a clean, model city where businesses and residents could thrive.
Mr Ernest Henry Norgbey, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman, said sanitation remained a top priority for the constituency. He noted that Ashaiman did not have a landfill site but indicated that he would lobby private investors to help establish recycling plants to convert waste into useful products while creating jobs.
He further assured that engagements with central government would continue to secure more refuse containers for placement at vantage points across the municipality to curb indiscriminate dumping.
The GNA observed that the evacuation exercise at Sakasaka Park involved officials from ASHMA, the Ghana Red Cross Society, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), and personnel from the security services, among others.
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