Independence Day Massive Cleanup Exercise in Odododiodioo

Residents of Ngleshie electoral area in Odododiodioo constituency on Friday March 6th which marked the 63rd  Independence Day engaged  themselves in a massive clean-up exercise organised by the Assembly man Hon. Festus Nii Ayi Hayford, to dredge the heavily choked gutters that connect Accra Central through the constituency to the Korle lagoon.


In an interview with the assemblyman, Hon Hayford said the Assembly have   over the past 10 weeks been dredging the choked gutters and drains and will continue to undertake the exercise for some time to come.


He said since  waste management companies  have stopped the dredging, the Assembly has taken upon itself to undertake the exercise to forestall any form of epidemic in the area.


Mr  Solomon Barnor  a Chartered Accountant, a former Greater Accra regional treasurer aspirant, a member of the Greater Regional Finance Committee of the NDC and an indigene of the electoral area was present to participate in the clean-up exercise.

Mr  Barnor who shared his thoughts on the challenges in the community   said:

“this has been a challenge since the 80s and the major cause of this is because, the market women in and around  the Makola and Salaga markets, dump their daily refuse into the gutter which later end up here when it rains. He said this possess a serious health threat to the residents. Secondly, this is an attitudinal problem, and since we have not been able to stop this act, we therefore have to put measures in place to make the people responsible. My suggestion is that, we should fix strong metallic rails or mesh at every 100 meters in the gutter, to trap the solid waste so that the people in that range will be responsible and act as their own watchdogs. I am appealing to Corporate Ghana and corporate institutions in and around the constituency to help curb this challenge”.


He congratulated the Assembly for organising such a wonderful exercise and donated some bottled water, assorted drinks and some undisclosed amount of cash to the Assembly.