Greater Accra Regional designate, Ishmael
Ashitey, says his biggest vision when approved by Parliament and subsequently
sworn into office by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is to rid the
capital city of filth.“Accra”, he noted “is very dirty” and posing a lot
of health hazards to the citizenry.
“Mr. Chairman, the biggest vision I
have got is to see how to tackle this problem”, he added.
Mr. Ashitey
made this observation when he took his turn at the Appointments Committee of
Parliament for a public hearing over issues related to the ministry he has been
designated to by the President.
The capital city generates about 3,000
metric tonnes of garbage daily.
The city authority is able to collect
2,500 metric tonnes, leaving a deficit of 500 metric tonnes which poses lots of
challenges to people.
But the former Member of Parliament for Tema East,
commenting further said he will team up with the Sanitation and Water Resources
Minister to ensure that the deficit of 500 metric tonnes of waste is
addressed.
He believes that one of the things that will be used to
measure his performance is how best he will tackle the sanitation issue in the
capital city.
“It is one area that I am going to look at and look at very
well. In Greater Accra, you have to be doing a lot of sanitation to be able to
perform because like I said Accra is very dirty so if you want to improve life
in Accra you have to handle the sanitation aspect of it. I will work together
with the Sanitation Minister to achieve this”, he said.
When asked where
he will get the funds to pursue his vision, he noted that “when government is
able to spend wisely, we will be able to get money to tackle the sanitation
issue”.
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