The National Co-ordinator of Zoomlion Ghana Limited in charge of Environment and Sanitation, Mrs Beatrice Amponsah, has handed over 160 bicycles and uniforms to the Ho Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Isaac Kodobisah, for onward distribution to sanitations guards and health workers in the municipality.
This was during a regional review meeting held at Ho in the Volta Region on the theme: “ Attitudinal Change for Sanitation Guards: Impact to be felt to help improve sanitation in Ghana”.
The review meeting was a follow-up to weeklong training workshop held for sanitation gurads in Accra in March, this year and sponsored by Zoomlion Ghana Ltd.
Addressing the meeting, Mrs Amponsah said sanitation guards were recruited and trained to support district environmental officers in the districts.
She said 20 sanitation guards had been posted to each municipality and 10 to each district to reach out to the various communities and asked them to eschew laziness and maintain discipline in the course of their duties.
She advised them not to rush to bring sanitation offenders to book but must make serious efforts to make them appreciate why it was not in their own interest to live in filth and squalor.
Mrs Amponsah advised them against extorting money from sanitation offenders.
“ Do not extort money or engage in activities which would drive people away from you, instead endear yourselves to them, listen to them listen to their concerns in order that you can cary a message to them.”
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