Tema Mayor Order seizer of waste vehicles, close toilet, launches TRA
Mr. Felix Nii Anang-La, Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of Tema has ordered the seizure of two liquid waste disposal vehicles and closure of a Toilet facility at Tema New Town.
The vehicles are with registration numbers GM- 9708-13 and GS-3955-13 and both yellow in colours.
The operators of the facility are alleged to have being discharging liquid waste from the parts of the Tema New Town and from other sources into the Chemu Lagoon where all the major fish smoking sites are located.
Operators of the facility are also alleged to be using part of the place for the trading of child prostitution, selling of hot water and sales point of all stolen goods and items.
The violations of the country’s environmental laws by some individuals are compromise by some public officials and traditional leaders who does not want to lose votes through local authorities.
This situation causes serious environmental and public health hazards to citizens leading to the lost of lives and government spending huge sums of funds intended for development on disease controls.
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly took the opportunity to launch the Tema Restoration Agenda branch (TRA) at Tema New Town with a communal labour in collaboration with the Proud Ga Dangbe Youth Association pending the biggest maiden Metropolitan launch.
The TRA is an initiative by the TMA to restore the industrial city back to its initial status in the areas of infrastructure, sanitation, education, Health and socio-economic activities.
The sanitation aspect of the TRA is being managed by a Restoration Special Sanitation Task Force instituted by the assembly with the mandate of coordinating and collaborating with the various electoral areas to making the city clean.
The Restoration Agenda project also started the fencing of schools, renovation of dilapidated structures schools and health institutions and constructions of roads in the metropolis.
Mr. Anang-La said the TMA would put its sanitation department and the special taskforce on its toes to ensure the enforcement of its by-laws to curb the situation and save lives.
He called on the residents to report to the TMA any bad practices that go on in their communities for a swift action to be taken.
The Mayor donated an undisclosed amount to the Association to support their activities of weekly cleaning communal labour in the communities and to encourage them.
He said also appealed to the industries in the metropolis and corporate bodies to support the assembly efforts to make Tema clean and habitable.
Story: Prince Sigli
