Mrs Stella Vidzro, Adaklu District Environmental Health Officer (DEHO) Friday led hundreds of workers in the Adaklu district in a massive cleanup exercise at Adaklu Waya, the district capital.
The workers were from the District Assembly, Decentralized Departments, the Police and Fire Services.
They cleared a “mountainous” refuse dump located near the Adaklu Waya market, weeded around the market and other places and desilted gutters.
They were joined by Mr Jerry Yao Ameko, Adaklu District Chief Executive (DCE), Mrs. Esther Buakuma, Assistant Superintendent of Police in charge of Adaklu district and Mr Stephen Toffa, Adaklu District Fire Officer.
Mrs Vidzro addressing the workers stated that a clean environment was crucial for providing health, well-being, and the overall quality of life.
“Clean environment reduces the risk of illness and infections by minimizing the presence of harmful bacteria, viruses and allergies,” she said.
Mrs Vidzro reminded them that promoting environmental cleanliness should go beyond their homes and workplaces to all public places.
She stated that “a clean environment produces healthy people as diseases such as malaria, typhoid and cholera will be eradicated completely.”
The DEHO said her outfit would enforce its sanitation bylaws and would not spare anybody caught flouting to these laws.
Mr Ameko intimated that without attitudinal change “the debris we cleared will come back to haunt us.”
He entreated Ghanaians to let their conscience Police them to keep their surroundings clean.
He said environmental cleanliness should involve daily actions like proper waste management, decluttering, and clearing of drains.
The DCE who is also the Dean of Volta region MDCEs reminded Ghanaians of the havoc caused by the recent floods nationwide and entreated them to refrain from building on waterways and also stop dumping waste materials into drains.
He said the thousands of Ghana Cedis spent by government on flood-related disasters could be channeled into more profitable projects for the country.
Mr Ameko urged the people to engage in communal sanitation exercises to keep their communities clean and healthy.