The Rural Urban Partnership of Africa (RUPFA), in collaboration with the Abeka Youth Club and the Okaikoi North Sub-Metro have organised a clean-up exercise at Abeka to improve on their sanitation conditions.
The exercise dubbed “The youth and environment sanitation, the way forward”, was aimed at creating and maintaining awareness among the youth and the general public on the need to make environmental care a responsibility.
RUPFA is a non-governmental organisation aimed at minimising the rural-urban drift and poverty in the country, thereby reducing the pressure on urban landscape.
The Executive Director of RUPFA, Mr Richard Ashaley, said the organisation chose the Abeka community as a pilot base to implement its policies since most of the members come from the community.
He pointed out that the gesture was to broaden the mindset of the youth and encourage them to go beyond keeping their environment clean.
“The exercise will create a platform to motivate waste management companies in the cleaning of the environment and change negative perceptions of people about such organisations”, he stated.
He urged all youth clubs in the country to organise clean-up exercises as part of their annual activities.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic, the Chairman of the Okaikoi North Sub-metro, Mr Stephen Afutu Neequaye, indicated that it was the duty of the assembly to clean its environment to improve the health of people in the sub-metro.
He said there was the need to educate the society on how to dispose of waste materials to reduce the sanitation problem in the country.
Mr Afutu advised the youth to make it a responsibility to clean their environment often.
He urged the government to put in place measures to help recycle rubber products in the country.
The President of the Abeka Youth Club, Mr Richard Nii Amoo, encouraged members to ensure unity in all their activities.
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