CITIZENS CALLED TO SANITATION SERIOUSLY IN KEEA

By: Kate Okyere

The progressive excellence youth organization (PEYORG) in collaboration with Komenda Edina Eguafo   Abrem (KEEA) municipal assembly has advised citizens in KEEA to cooperate with them to improve on sanitation in their communities.

Sanitation has been the major problem in the coastal areas, focusing on KEEA municipal assembly over the years where people ease themselves beside the beaches even if they see people around.

At the social public expenditure and financial accountability forum which was held in KEEA, the board of directors of KEEA Municipal Assembly noted that, by the end of next year, they would have been able to build toilet facilities in almost all the areas in KEEA Municipal Assembly.

The Municipal Coordinator of Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem, Alhaji  Musa pointed out that, ignorance has been the habit of African’s and therefore Ghanaians in maintaining what they have; they always dream of getting new things, coming across fresh things but maintaining what they already have is out of their concerts.

The citizen’s representatives suggested that, the board of directors should provide them supervisors who will take of the various toilet facilities in the communities and the beaches where there have not been paying taxes so that it can contribute to the development of KEEA municipal assembly.

The youth representative pleaded with the directors to provide the communities a dustbin container or locate a dumping site for them to dump refuse but the chief administrator explained that they do not have any place to give them and that, they being the real citizens will be the right persons to provide a dumping site; the issue is that no person want to give their lands to dump refuse so if the citizens can provide the site, they will help them get the necessary things to begin.

Alhaji Musa therefore advised all citizens in KEEA to avoid putting toiletries into the toilet which makes it full earlier and also it has been the mind set of people that if you pick sand from the sea, it will later be filled but he is assuring them that, the sand which later fills the holes do not come from anywhere but the same sea and if they continue to extract sand from the sea banks, the sea waves will now extend to their various homes.