{"id":469473,"date":"2018-03-03T14:06:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T14:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/03\/03\/ama-zoomlion-clean-accra-sanitation-minister-urges-public-support-to-rid-city-of-filth\/"},"modified":"2018-03-03T14:06:22","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T14:06:22","slug":"ama-zoomlion-clean-accra-sanitation-minister-urges-public-support-to-rid-city-of-filth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/03\/03\/ama-zoomlion-clean-accra-sanitation-minister-urges-public-support-to-rid-city-of-filth\/","title":{"rendered":"AMA, Zoomlion clean Accra; Sanitation Minister urges public support to rid city of filth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday,  3 March 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-03-03<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/24504201.295.jpg\" alt=\"Circle Clean Ff\" title=\"Circle Clean Ff\" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The exercise forms part of government efforts to rid the city of filth<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1520085982_564_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Saturday collaborated with waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Ltd, to clean parts of the city engulfed by filth.<\/p>\n<p>About 800 workers of Zoomlion took their cleaning equipment to areas such as Obetsebi Lamptey Circle, parts of the Accra-Tema motorway, Nima and Asylum Down to dredge choked drains, cut down overgrown weeds and sweep the streets.<\/p>\n<p>The exercise, which is a partnership between government and Zoomlion, is the first of many scheduled to take place in the coming days, and it is in line with President Akufo-Addo\u2019s promise to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Kofi Adda wants public support to keep the rid Accra of filth<\/p>\n<p>Sanitation Minister, Kofi Adda &#8212; who was with an entourage of government officials and dignitaries from Zoomlion Ghana Ltd &#8212; toured some of the areas where the cleanup was taking place and called for an attitudinal change to sanitation.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the public to stop putting up illegal structures that worsen the sanitation situation in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who are in the wrong places \u2013 who are there illegally \u2013 should move out of those places\u2026you members of the press should do your part in supporting us. You have to come here periodically to and see what is going on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you catch anybody to littering or defecating or urinating openly you have to bring that person to book. Take a picture of them and put in the print media or on TV\u2026then we know who is [breaking the law],\u201d Kofi Adda told journalists during the tour.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/T21fq0Ia-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>AMA Chief Executive, Mohammed Adjei Sowah and Executive Chairman of Jospong Group, Joseph Siaw Agyepong, were among the dignitaries who toured the sites being cleaned.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/23902564.jpg\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Accra-clean<\/p>\n<p>The cleanup exercise comes days after Mr Adda \u2013 who has been criticized for failing at his job to keep the city clean \u2013 promised a major improvement in the sanitation condition in Accra and prove his critics wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Kofi Adda said Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s promise to make the capital city the cleanest in Africa is on course and has revealed a plan has already been mapped for implementation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/ngpzf0ex-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 48 updated by: 48 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Saturday, 3 March 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-03-03 play videoThe exercise forms part of government efforts to rid the city of filth The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Saturday collaborated with waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Ltd, to clean parts of the city engulfed by filth. 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