Group Nduom, a multinational conglomerate, as part of its 30th anniversary celebration, has held a clean-up and tree planting exercise as part of its green revolution at Elmina.
Group Nduom runs businesses in banking, insurance, real estate, hospitality, media, printing, education, sports, and agriculture.
They also held fora to take stock of events and re-strategised towards making the subsidiary the ultimate in its endeavours.
The exercise was meant to improve the sanitation condition of the town and to encourage behavioural change among residents towards maintaining a more hygienic and sanitised environment.
Group Nduom recognized trees to contribute to the environment by providing oxygen, improving air quality, climate amelioration, conserving water, preserving soil, and supporting wildlife.
Before the exercise, the Group presented sanitation equipment to the community, including wheelbarrows, cutlasses and wellington boots.
Under the strict supervision of Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, the founder of Group
Nduom, the staff of the company together with the Chiefs and residents tidied up the ancient community.
They cleared weeds on the side of the roads, drained chocked gutters and levelled some mounting refuse dumps, particularly at Mmofra Akyinmu, a suburb of Elmina.
The President of Group Nduom, Nana Kweku Nduom, said despite efforts by city authorities to control the indiscriminate disposal of waste, the municipality was still reeling from the menace of waste.
The excuse in the past had been that the streets lacked dust and waste bins and as such, people were compelled to throw away their litter indiscriminately.
He emphasized the importance of keeping a clean environment for good health and urged the people to maintain proper sanitation habits.
He pleaded with the members of the community to embark on regular clean-up exercises to keep their environment clean and free from flooding.
The Assembly should provide containers at vantage points for residents to dump their refuse, he added.
Chief of Mmofraak
ye, Nana Kwame Eku IV, stated that the traditional council would collaborate with stakeholders to provide waste bins at vantage points ‘so that people can dump their waste wherever they find themselves.’
‘Anybody found littering the compound with rubbish would be arrested and fined because we cannot always have to leave the cleaning of our environment to Zoomlion. It should be our collective responsibility,’ he stated.
He called on residents to report to the Traditional Council if they found anybody indiscriminately cutting down trees or inappropriately dumping waste.
‘Trees have many benefits, including providing shade, clean air and the environment, and we urge all residents to desist from cutting trees and rather plant them.
‘Our community remained a clean city, and urged residents to help to maintain that status,’ he said.
Nana Eku IV expressed appreciation to Group Nduom for the support and continuous collaboration to rid the country of filth.
Mr Emmanuel Kofi Gyeni, the Assemblyman of Bantama Elec
toral Area, expressed gratitude to Group Nduom, particularly Dr Nduom for his support to the community.
He buttressed the essence of the National Sanitation Awareness Campaign with a call for the strict enforcement of sanitation by-laws and the naming and shaming of people who flout the laws.
While emphasising the importance of good sanitation, he said it had become a powerful driver of national economies and had, in no small way, impacted positively on health, education, the environment, local tourism, job creation, productivity and human development.
‘Suffice it to say that if any country wants to develop, it must take sanitation seriously, as it has the potential to propel growth sustainably,’ he added.
Source: Ghana News Agency