The exercise took place at Dzodze – Kasu and Penyi- Hattah on 2nd and 4th August 2023 respectively. It was monitored and supervised by the Environment Health Practitioners in the Ketu North Municipal Assembly. The exercise is part of an ongoing nationwide refuse evacuation exercise on dumping sites under the Government Clean Ghana Agenda aimed at resolving the sanitation challenges in the country.
It was championed by the Government through the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development in collaboration with the Ketu North Municipal Assembly in the Volta Zone.
The implementing partner of the project, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, deployed trucks, and technical expertise to convey the refuse to its final dumping site at Deme.
The Municipal Environmental Health Officer (MEHO), Cephas Horsu, who thanked the Ministry for embarking on the exercise, explained that the evacuation would ensure that refuse did not cause floods and diseases in the area.
He pleaded with Zoomlion to place waste containers at the two sites to ensure that at all material times, there was a container for people to dump their waste to discourage residents from littering the ground.
The Hon. Assemblymen for the Kasu/Tsiaveme/ Torfoe Electoral Area( Hon. Amable Samuel) and Penyi Hattah Electoral Area( Hon. Azaglo Hope) expressed excitement about the Assembly’s decision to evacuate the waste which had led to the outbreak of malaria and other diseases in their areas.
Finally, “our cry has been heard by the Authorities; we are grateful to the Ministry, the Assembly and Zoomlion for their timely support to clear all the waste from our society,” they added.