President Mills has put in motion measures to rid the country of filth in fulfillment of his promise to make Ghana clean within his first 100 days in office.<\/p>\n
A group assigned by the President to perform this arduous task has made a presentation to Vice President John Mahama and media personnel at the Castle, Osu to demonstrate how the project would be executed.<\/p>\n
Rojo Mettle Nunoo, a member of the group, explained that the project dubbed \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cGhana Going Green\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d involves using environmentally-safe organic products in schools, hospitals and government buildings in order to reduce waste. He said through the use of a product called the \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cGhana Septic Miracle\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d, the presence of flies, mosquitoes and odour in septic tanks would be controlled and eliminated.<\/p>\n
Mettle-Nunoo also indicated that as part of the programme, septic tanks would be modified to release excess water by installing drains for water run-off.<\/p>\n
According to him, the project had been designed and segmented into various phases.<\/p>\n
He said the phases would deal with purifying indoor air in offices and classrooms with \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153Ghana Airzyme Miracle\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 which is easy to spray by hand for localized treatment or fogged for large spaces.<\/p>\n
With polluted lagoons, he mentioned that the Task Force would clean up banks of lagoons with \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153Ghana Bio Miracle V\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 by using a tractor spray system to apply the product all around the lagoons, thereby eliminating the stench that emanates from them while controlling flies and mosquitoes.<\/p>\n
For refuse and other solid waste, Mettle-Nunoo stressed that organic materials would be used to help eliminate the odour and flies, adding that other measures would also be taken to deal with the solid material.<\/p>\n
For his part, Vice President Mahama expressed worry about disposal of both solid and liquid waste in the country especially since some of this waste is dumped into the sea.<\/p>\n
He said emptying such waste into the sea is wasteful as it could be harnessed for energy and manure.<\/p>\n
Vice President Mahama also mentioned problems associated with plastic waste, and called for concerted efforts in dealing with the menace.<\/p>\n
He called on all plastic manufacturers and other stakeholders in that industry to fashion out measures to deal with the situation that has engulfed the country.<\/p>\n
Mahama assured Ghanaians that the government was not going to legislate on plastic waste as it could take many people out of business.<\/p>\n
Other members who addressed the media were Dr. Christine Amoako-Nuamah and Dr. Bruce Wattford.<\/p>\n
By Wisdom Peter Awuku<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n