Support government’s sanitation policies to help rid the country off filth – Ghanaians told
The District Pastor for Central Baptist church at Krofrom in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region ,Pastor Nat Aboagye Danquah has urged churches in Ghana to support government’s sanitation policies to help rid the country off filth.
The man of God has appealed to all Christians and churches to show keen interest and take active part in activities that seeks to promote good sanitation conditions in Ghana.
Pastor said this when the organized a massive cleanup exercise at Krofrom and its environs on Wednesday May 1, 2024.
The exercise which attracted hundreds of churches members and residents saw the participants desilting, choked gutters, clearing and evacuating refuse dumps among others.
Speaking to Maame Akua Asarebia and Solomon Nimo, student journalists at OTEC School of Journalism and Communication Studies, Pastor said engaging in regular clean-up exercises and communal work would help eradicate communicable diseases and improve the general health of residents.
He however called on the citizenry to come on board to support the effort of the government and the waste management companies to clean Ghana, because they alone cannot do it.
For his part the Chairman for Community And Social Empowerment at the Krofrom Central Baptist church Mr Agyeman Duah noted that, leadership of the church will take up such campaigns to preach against littering and abuse of the environment.
This he noted will compliment government’s efforts in ensuring a clean sanitary environment for all.
He commended all church members and participants for making the clean-up exercise a successful one.
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com/Jacob Agyenim Boateng
