Pentecost Church, Zoomlion, ASEMA Clean-Up  Kasoa

The Ewutu Senya East Municipal Assembly, Zoomlion and the Church of Pentecost on Saturday, held a massive clean-up exercise at Kasoa to rid the busy market centre of filth.

The exercise which started at about 6:00 am, was fully participated by the Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Michael Mensah, some local Zoomlion officials, staff and others from Accra.

Also in attendance were some leaders of the Pentecost Church within the area, church members, particularly the youths, residents as well as market men and women.

Areas cleaned
The exercise took place at the main business centre, new market, Zongo, Walantu and the roads leading to Bojuase, Accra, Winneba, Nyannyano, CP and Obuom.

Choked gutters and drainage channels in all the aforementioned areas were properly desilted while Zoomlion trucks collected all the garbage and filths away, a situation that changed the atmosphere in the town.

MCE’s appreciation

The Chief Executive of the Ewutu Senya East Municipal Assembly, Mr Michael Mensah expressed deepest appreciation to the Church of Pentecost for their enviable initiative that would help to improve sanitation.

Speaking to the Chronicle, he said “It has never happened before that a church will dedicate part of it financial resources and time to impact positively on society within which they operate”.

Due to the densely populated nature of Kasoa coupled with the brisk daily business activities in the town, generation of solid waste on day-to-day bases, has become inevitable.

Waste management
In view of this, the MCE, Mr Mensah told this reporter that the Assembly has made the proper management of waste a topmost priority, and has therefore put in place measures to control the situation.

He said, “Our target has always been about how we can manage the generated refuse. Measures such as provision of adequate number of bins and containers for proper disposal have been put in place”,

Mr Mensah continued that “Frequent and proper emptying of the containers and technologically managing the final disposal site to recycle the generated waste are some of the measures the Assembly has adopted to deal with the situation”.

Participants
About 1500 participants, majority of whom came from the Church of Pentecost, took part in the clean-up exercise while the church gave dust bins to the Assembly.

During the exercise, shops were kept closed until 10:00 am while hawkers and other businesses done on the pavement were warded off.

Purpose of the exercise

The clean-up exercise formed part of the Church of Pentecost’s nationwide year-long sanitation campaign dubbed “Environmental Care Campaign”.

It aimed at supplementing the desire of the government to improve cleanness in the country and create awareness of sound, land, water and air pollutions.

It was a collaboration of the Church of Pentecost, Zoomlion Ghana ltd, and the government of Ghana.