Editorial
Let’s keep our environment clean ahead of rainy season
Dear Editor,
I welcome the call by the president, John Mahama on citizens to be responsible for the cleanliness of their environment as the rains set in.
It is a good call which I believe every Ghanaian must be serious about.
I was around the Kaneshie Station area around Circle on Sunday when it rained heavily and within that short period, every space was flooded.
Driving home, I saw how some gutters were overflown with flood waters less than 20 minutes of rain.
Most of these drain were choked with rubbish and that is where the problem comes from.
Year in and out, we complain and lament about this attitude of dumping refuse in to gutters which has become a practice so difficult for people to start.
Signals from GMet is indicating that it will rain a lot this season and therefore we must put in place the necessary measures to ensure that our safety and properties would be paramount.
People must show more responsibility by keeping their environment clean to avoid flood situations and also curb any pandemic that could follow as a result of that.
Flooding is a global problem but we can mitigate its impact if we show high level of discipline but doing the right things-desilting the gutters and dump refuse at the right places.
With this, we can build a better Ghana.
Citizen Mo,
Accra New Town