Host of Peace FM's Flagship programme "Kokrokoo", Kwami Sefa Kayi, appears sickened by the filth that has swallowed up the Capital city, Accra and other parts of the nation and the nonchalant attitude Ghanaians have towards ensuring good environmental sanitation.
He wondered how Ghana, after achieving 61 years of independence, still battles with sanitation problems.
In the last 20 years, waste management has become a key part of campaign promises of political parties, as the city authorities struggle to cope with the waste generated by residents daily.
Certain parts of Accra, the capital for instance, is the scene of littered refuse, raw sewage sipping through choked drains and open defecation.
Piles of refuse have also engulfed some markets, major highways and several communities in the city.
Even in so-called affluent and well planned areas, the insanitary conditions and heaps of garbage that one is confronted with, is an eye-sore.
It was therefore not surprising when the Australian High Commissioner to Ghana, Andrew Barnes, recently asked Ghanaian authorities to up their game to meet President Akufo-Addo’s promise to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa by 2020.
The President, addressing chiefs and people of Jamestown in April last year, pledged his commitment to make Accra the cleanest cities in Africa by the end of his tenure.
But now, that commitment seems to be a fluke.
Addressing the issue on his platform on Monday, Kwami Sefa Kayi, affectionately called Chairman General, quizzed "the filth in Accra is shocking. So, will we look on like this?”
Whiles enjoing Ghanaians to cultivate habits that prevents littering the environment, the reigning GJA Journalist of the year called for punitive measures to be instituted against offenders to deter prospective ones from littering around.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. Please report any inappropriate content to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority. |
Nation of talkative, but doers of little.
Sweden is importing garbage to keep recycling companies in business. What are we waiting for?
AHA, KWAME, GOOD!!! MAHAMA IS RANTING AVERYWHERE ABOUT GHAAAAANAIAAAAAAANS BEING TAKEN FOR A RIDE BY NPP!!!! HEEEEEHEEEEE!!! IM LAUGHING LIKE ***barred word*** WOMAN VALERIE!!!! MAHAMA HAS FORGOTTEN THAT HIS MASTER MILLS PROMISED GHANAIANS IN 2008 THAT HE WAS GOING TO RID ACCRA OF FILTH IN 100 DAYS AFTER COMING TO OFFICE???? HEEEEHHEEEEEEHEEEE!!!! WHEN WE SEE CONMEN WE CAN SEE STRAIGHT AWAY!!! MILLS;S VICE-PRESIDENT WAS JOHN MAHAMA!!! ABI, 100 DAY PASS LONG TIME AGO!!!! YOUR PROMISE TO RID ACCRA OF FILTH HAS NOT BEEN FULFILLED; OR WAS NOT FULFILLED IN EIGHT YEARS OF CREATE, LOOT AND SHARE KLEPTOCRACY!!!HEEEEEHEEEEHEEE!!!! KWAME, MATTER DEYOOOOOOOO!!!!! MAHAMA AND HEEEHEEEEHEEEE VALERIE SAWYER POP CHAMPAGNE THAT HE WAS GOING TO CARRRY ON FROM WHERE MILLS FAILED!!!! HEEEEEHEEEEHEEEE FIVE YEARS OF MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAMA AND HE COULDNT RID GHANA OF THE FILTH WHICH HIS BOSS HAD STOOD ON PLATFORM US, WITH HIM, MAHAMA GLEEFULLY APPLAUDING THE LIE!!!!! HEEEEHEEEEHEEEE A YAEAR AFTER NANA AKUFFO-ADDO CAME TO POWER, WITH COFFERS EMPTY, FILTH CHASING US AT THE MARKET, CHURCH, SCHOOL, SUPERMARKET AND EVERYWHERE, THIS SAME PROMISE-AND-FAIL CHARLATAN MAHAMA IS SAYING PEOPLE HAVE PROMISED AND FAILED???? WHAT WOOL-OVER-THE-EYE DECEPTION IS THAT?? KWAME, FILTH IS MILLS AND MAHAMA PROBLEM!!!! THEY STOOD ON PLATFORM AND DECEIVED GHANAIANS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO RID GHANA OF FILTH!!!! HEEEEEHEEEEHEEEE CAN WE HAVE A FLY-OVER AT CIRCLE OVER SHACKS AND FILTH AND CALL IT DUBAI????? KWAME, I SHALL BE BACK; EVERY TIME THAT ***barred word*** VALERIE COMES BACK!!!! HEEEEHEEEHEEEHEEEHEEE
In fact, I thought the competent guys would perform better
Kwame did you just REALIZED it? Everybody is chasing for wealth, prosperity, miracles in churches across the Country & sadly all don't realize if you reside @ Trassaco, Chorkor, Maamobi, Accra New Town etc & the gutters in front of your houses are filled with "bolla "you don't blame AMA or Zomlion but you the owner must be responsible for that mess. Folks wake up Sunday morning & the gutters in front of their houses are choked with bolla & they rush to church to worship God. Yet in God's house they sweep & leave the surroundings dirty. Cleanliness next to Godliness. No amount of 31st December all night services will help Ghanaians see break through if the mentality does not change.