By
Christian Ocansey
Tema, Feb. 18, GNA –
The Apau Asante Memorial Assembly of the Church of Pentecost, Tema Newtown, has
held a stakeholders’ meeting to find lasting solutions to the poor sanitation
in town.
The meeting, which
is the first of its kind to be convened by the Church, was attended by past and
present assembly members, unit committee members, church leaders, leadership of
the Muslim community, representatives of the Tema Traditional Council and the
Tema East Sub Metro.
Reverend Stephen
Ameyaw Frimpong, Tema Newtown District Pastor, Church of Pentecost, said it was
the aim of the church’s Environmental Care and Campaign Committee which he
chaired, to help keep the town clean adding that they recognized that to attain
such a goal, there was the need to get all stakeholders involved.
Rev. Frimpong asked
stakeholders to be each other’s keeper in ensuring that residents observed good
sanitation practices to improve the poor environmental conditions in the area.
He indicated that
the church had embarked on three massive local clean-up exercises in the past
and thought it right to get everyone involved by first engaging the
stakeholders and subsequently having a five-day intensive sanitation
educational programmes in schools, churches, mosques, and the market among
others from February 24 – 29, 2020.
The stakeholders
strongly called for the enhancement of the town council sanitation summoning system
popularly known as “saman saman” to sanction recalcitrant residents and
organizations.
They also
deliberated on the need for local electoral areas to come up with a sanitation
fund which would help the community acquire the necessary tools for clean-up
exercises.
The participants
also agreed that the presence and participation of the personnel of the Eastern
Naval Base which was located in the town would encourage residents to
participate in clean-up exercises.
GNA