Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has bemoaned the deteriorating state of Ghana’s sanitation, noting that it breaks her heart. According to Mrs. Rawlings, she has lived the most part of her life in the Ridge area of Accra and that what she has observed over the years with respect to sanitation is not pleasing at all.
Speaking on TV3’s New Day, the former first lady, who recently launched her book ‘It takes a Woman’, did not seem enthused about the situation. She answered in the affirmative when host Johnnie Hughes asked whether the situation breaks her heart. “I have lived in Ridge since I was like 7 years. I have seen the way it used to be. I have used how it has been and I have seen the deterioration and it’s sad”, she said.
The wife of Ghana’s longest-serving head of state cited an example of a clinic she said is close to her office. She claims the clinic dumps its refuse “across the street” and she is contemplating writing to the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) about it.
The conversation about Ghana’s sanitation was triggered by a chapter in her book which she titles ‘Ghana Rising’. In the said chapter, she makes an allusion to a time in Ghana’s history where “our mothers, like other Ghanaians, saw the filth and hated it” but only hoped someone or something happened to change the situation.
She believes sanitation is a problem in Ghana and that it is not just enough for the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to talk about Accra becoming the cleanest city. She believes it is possible for Accra to attain that feat but that there should be actions accompanying the talk.
She observes that even though there is a minister in-charge of sanitation, more needs to be done to achieve the dream of Accra becoming the cleanest city.
“It can be done, but it has to be done with all the forcefulness it deserves, with education. While we’re educating and there is force from the ministry and the rest of us, we should let the populace know you can’t just throw paper where you want,” she said.
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Source: 3news.com
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I never knew you will grow old-see you-EX PRESIDENT WIFE withering like grass.God is watching we all.I never believe people like owusu Pempah the doom prophet will degrade JESUS CHRIST:SALUTE
WHAT DID YOUR HUSBAND DO ABOUT IT?. GHANA STARTED DEGENERATING TO THIS LEVEL THE MOMENT RAWLINGS TOOK OVER.WHAT DID YOU LOT DO ABOUT IT? INSTEAD OF BUSYING YOURSELF STEALLLING AND KILLING PEOPLE YOU ARE COMPLAINING OF WHAT? YOUR TIME IS UP.ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
Solution: why jail someone 12 years for stealiingg a mobile phone and feed him for 12 years? Can't we jai them for six months to sweep and feed themselves or go to jail for the 12 years? We don't need to pay millions to the already wealthy zoomlion Owner before we get rid of the filth.
***barred word*** DID'T YOU STOP YOUR HUSBAND TO REMOVE THOSE WHO MAKING THE CITIES DIRTY? GARAGE FURKER WO TWEBA TENTEN
Nana, it is everyone's concern but the point is after it has been disposed off some people are hired to collect refuse and dump them back at vantage points to make the city look chocked with filth just to make the government unpopular! this is how evil Ghana's politics has become.I don't know how this kind of dirty politics can win votes, instead of vision and policies they are doing unnecessary things because they can't think kritically and I don't blame them if you vote for a drunkard to lead you what else can we say ! Ghanaians are discerning and know how to vote !