Agona East DCE calls for attitudinal change to enhance government's resetting agenda
The Agona East District Assembly, in collaboration with the Christian Council of Churches, on Wednesday joined the rest of the country in observing the National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving Service.
Addressing the gathering on the theme, "Resetting Our Values Towards the Ghana We All Want," the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Agona East, Hon. Samuel Oscar Mensah, called on Ghanaians to abandon negative attitudes and embrace values that promote national development.
He said changing individual and collective behaviour was essential to ensuring that government policies aimed at improving human welfare and infrastructure development achieved their intended objectives.
Touching on the recent flooding in parts of the country, Hon. Mensah expressed concern over poor environmental practices, which he said had contributed to recurring floods and the spread of environmental-related diseases, forcing government to spend substantial resources on healthcare.
"The Agona East District Assembly is grateful to His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama for instituting the Annual National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving Service to help reset our mindset for the betterment of the nation," he said.
"We in the Agona East District will continue to pray for the nation while reminding ourselves of the need to return to the values of the past, when laws were effectively enforced across every sector of the economy."
Hon. Mensah announced that the Assembly would intensify efforts to improve environmental sanitation by reviving the 'Nsaman Nsaman' sanitation enforcement exercise to deal decisively with sanitation offenders.
He also disclosed that the Assembly would demolish structures built on waterways as part of measures to reduce flooding in the district.
"As it stands now, the Assembly is going to revive the 'Nsaman Nsaman' exercise to deal drastically with sanitation offenders and also demolish structures built on waterways to reduce flooding, which has become a major challenge to society," he stated.
The Omanhene of the Nsaba Traditional Area, Okeseku Afari III, reaffirmed the commitment of traditional authorities to partner with the government in promoting national development.
He said chiefs remained key partners in development and would continue to collaborate with government institutions to build the Ghana citizens desire.
Okeseku Afari III also called on all stakeholders to play their respective roles in ensuring the success of the government's Reset Ghana Agenda.