[ 2019-03-09 ]

Zoomlion Ghana commended for keeping Tamale clean during historic 62nd
Zoomlion Ghana Limited, the waste management
giant, gave Tamale a sanitation boost during the
62nd Independence Day parade, earning the
admiration of residents of the Northern Region
town.

The company started preparation for the occasion
by thoroughly cleaning the city of Tamale and its
environs in line with the government’s
vision of a clean Ghana.

All major roads were cleaned and washed with
mechanized and human street sweepers; curbs were
painted, principal streets were branded with the
national colours and colourful astroturfs
installed at all roundabouts.

Hundreds of men were deployed by the company
through the week-long preparation to ensure a
cleaner Tamale.

Also, the company provided sweeping and cleaning
services at the venue of the programme, the Aliu
Mahama Sports Stadium, water to service all the
washrooms, positioned waste bins on the streets
and at vantage points in and around the stadium to
further enhance the cleanliness of the city and
the stadium.

Zoomlion Tamale

In an interview, the Group Head of Communication
of Jospong Group of Companies, Mrs Sophia Lissah,
appealed to the media to intensify public
education to augment Zoomlion's routine public
education programmes to educate the populace on
proper and acceptable waste management practices.

She urged citizens of Tamale and visitors to
continue to keep the environment clean to attract
tourists to boost the Ghanaian economy.



Mrs Lissah gave the assurance that Zoomlion will
continue to do the daily cleaning and create the
needed awareness to ensure a clean environment
saying that is “the job we have chosen for
ourselves but the people owe it a duty to ensure
the waste is properly kept for collection and
onward management.”

The Regional Minister, Alhaji Salifu Saed and
other government officials were full of praise for
the excellent work done by Zoomlion.
"My only fear is that the exercise could be
political because the president was coming to the
region the power players did this to camouflage
him and the president and after his visit, we go
back to the old days".

Mr Kwose who is also the Chief Executive Officer
of Universal Developers Consultancy (UniDeC)
commended Zoomlion Ghana Limited for the show of
competence and capability to the Ghanaian society
that they can really keep Ghana clean. He said the
city is highly amazed at the work that Zoomlion
had put in and urged the authorities to ensure
that their activities are sustained and not
occasional.

He said the forest reserves in the Tamale
metropolis should be developed into forest resorts
instead of leaving it for people to engage in open
defaecation and amorous meetings.

A businessman resident in Tamale, Mr. Jones
Pedavoah on his part called for the Metropolitan
and Municipal authorities to allow Zoomlion to
manage their roundabouts for a fee saying the
beauty of the city lies in the beauty of our
roundabouts and entry points.

He said due to the independence celebration I
noticed some streets that were not swept by
Zoomlion have been added for cleaning and urged
the writer to ensure that all such streets are
covered during their routine cleaning.

Source - Myjoyonline

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