Nana Ekua Kodua II (middle) assisted by Madam Mary Perpertua Kwakuyi (right)

and Madam Flora O. Kwafo jointly planting a seedling

School children all over Ghana have been asked to be good ambassadors of the environ­ment in order to enjoy the country tomorrow.

School children must preach cleanliness and the protection of the environment to avoid people from throwing plastics and other pollut­ants indiscriminately to protect the environment from further destruc­tion.

The Paramount Queen of the Essikado Traditional Area in the Western Region, Nana Ekua Kodua 11 told school pupils at the celebration of the World Environment Day at Es­sikado in the Western Region under the theme “Beat Plastic Pollution”.

She said today’s pollution was caused by the handling of many dif­ferent plastics which were used to contain items bought in stores and market areas.

She said after reaching their destinations, the proper disposal of these plastics were not adhered to but rather thrown away anyhow and the least wind and rain water would convey all these plastics to other lands and water bodies thereby causing an eye sore.

A representative from the Envi­ronmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mr. Ben Franklin also said children should be able to spread the good news to protect the environment and preserve it for the benefit of the future.

The Headmistress of St. Mark Anglican Basic School, Madam Flora O. Kwafo said tree planting would give shade and protect the school buildings from being blown off by the wind.

She was grateful to Goshen Global Vision for embarking on tree plant­ing to protect the environment and promised to make the pupils develop interest in protecting the trees around the school and in their communities.

The Executive Director of Goshen Global Vision (GGV), Madam Mary Perpetua Kwakuyi said 8,250 differ­ent species of tree seedlings includ­ing fruit trees would be shared to various institutions including Takora­di Technical University and other tertiary institutions for planting.

She urged the pupils to carry the message everywhere in order to bring drastic changes in the way plastics were handled.

Madam Kwakuyi told the pupils to develop a habit of picking all plastics around the school compound and their communities to reduce the pollution taking place throughout the country due to the poor handling of plastic materials.

She told the pupils to talk to their parents to refuse taking many plastic materials from the market areas and the stores when they went shopping in order to reduce the plastics always brought home.

Some refuse containers were do­nated to the schools for use.

From Peter Gbambila-Essikado