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The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Francis Asenso Boakye, has undertaken an inspection tour of ongoing dredging works in the Korle Lagoon in Accra.

For the past years, Dredge Masters Limited (DML), a Ghanaian-owned leading provider of dredging services, has been carrying out dredging works in the lagoon in an effort to prevent flooding in Accra.

The tour which came off on Thursday, March 17, 2022, enabled the minister to assess the progress of work of dredging works in the lagoon.
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Speaking to journalists, Mr. Asenso Boakye bemoaned the habitual dumping of refuse into drains, especially by squatters, describing their attitudes as “inimical” to nation-building.

He said the government has invested so much into the construction of Integrated Recycling and Compost Plants (IRECOPs) across the country.

He said these state-of-the-art waste management facilities were being constructed to help in the proper management of waste and also safeguard lives and properties.

However, he complained about the citizens’ laxity to support the government’s efforts, adding that "It's as if we are moving in cycles with the gains always being eroded."

According to Mr Asenso Boakye, the tour was necessary as it formed part of his ministry’s measures to prevent flooding this year and its attendant effects.

He lashed out at the abject disregard for a change of attitude to correct the age-long anomaly of indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the country.

"I am urging Ghanaians to be responsible and at no circumstance should anybody dump refuse into the drains. That attitude has a devastating effect on the Ghanaian economy," the minister warned.