A
massive clean-up exercise has been held at Bechem the Tano South District
Capital as part of activities to mark the National Sanitation Day which has
been set aside by government to be marked on the first Saturday of every month in all parts of the country .
The clean-up exercise which was led by the
Tano South District Chief Executive , Hon. Bukari Zakari Anaba saw people from
all walks of life including Nananom, Departmental Heads and a Peace Walk
Ambassador who had arrived in Bechem participating
in the exercise by desilting choked gutters, weeding and sweeping of the
environment and many more sanitary related activities.
In
related speeches after the massive and well organized clean-up exercise , the
Tano South District Disease Control Officer, Mr. Felix Baido, said, the
National Sanitation Day Exercise has come to complement our day –to –day sanitary
activities carried out in our homes and environment and this he said has gone a
long way to minimize the contraction of diseases such as malaria and cholera.
He said malaria which is caused by the female anopheles
mosquitoes is preventable and urged nursing and pregnant women to use treated mosquitoes’
net so as to prevent them from contracting the diseases.
Mr
Baidoo said, cholera is also caused by unsanitary conditions and could be
prevented by keeping our environment clean and that the regular participation
in the National Sanitation Exercise by all stakeholders will go a long way to
help prevent people from getting cholera.
The Peace
Walk Ambassador who was at Bechem to
participate in the programme and to
preach peace said, he has walked all the way from Sunyani to Bechem to join the
people in the clean-up exercise and to have a word on peace with them .He said
Ghana belongs to Ghanaians and no
political party is bigger than the Country and its people so we should not
allow politics to divide us but to ensure that peace
prevails in the country before, during and after the 2016 general elections.
He said, through our collective efforts
many could be done to ensure that
the country is always at peace.
The DCE
for Tano South District, Hon. Bukari Zakari Anaba in a short speech said the
celebration of the National Sanitation Day has helped to improve the sanitary conditions in
the district and has also reduced the
contraction of diseases and urged the people to always come out in their
numbers to participate in the sanitation day exercise any time the day is due
and assured the people that the Tano South District Assembly will continue to
provide logistics which will be used for
the programme any time the day is due.
Nana
Fosu Darkwah, the Bechem Sompahene who stood in for the Omanhene of Bechem
Traditional Area, Nana Fosu Gyeabour Akoto II, on behalf of the Omanhene thanked
all who participated in the programme
and said the programme has also helped
to beautify Bechem and entreated all and sundry to come in their numbers to
participate in the exercise any time the
day falls.
