Heaps of refuse after the clean-up exercise
INTERNET SENSATION, Efya Odo, has criticised the government over Ghana’s waste management system, following the just-ended two-day nationwide sanitation exercise.
The social media personality said despite the nationwide clean-up exercise, many communities still have heaps of refuse left along roadsides. She blamed the situation on what she described as the country’s poor waste management system.
Reacting to a Joy News post on X which showed a video of a heap of refuse under the caption, “National Clean-up Day 2: Heaps of refuse remain at Tema Lorry Station,” Efya Odo responded to the post saying, “Lmao exactly! No proper waste management. I guess they expect the citizens to also take the trash to the dumping grounds.”
Her comments have since sparked reactions online, with many followers sharing their frustrations and calling on government to put proper systems in place.
X user Dennison wrote: “What a joke this country has become… This country owes every Ghanaian healthy water, waste management, electricity, retirement system, better city plan, a functional transportation. I hate that our leaders are putting it all on the citizens to handle.”
Another user, I am Akafaevag, questioned where the waste collected during the exercise would end up: “But the inevitable question remains; ‘Where will all the waste and rubbish cleaned by the patriotic citizens who I am proud to be part of, END UP?’ Back at holding points or edge of gutters? Which all ends up back in floods and gutters. Or; Recycled in 100% totality? By WHO?”
Governorkid also weighed in, suggesting a structured collection system: “That is where the problem is, assuming every week there’s a rubbish truck that comes for the rubbish at a fee, it will help a lot.”
The two-day national sanitation exercise was aimed at ridding major cities and towns of filth and improving public health. However, concerns about waste disposal and sustainability of such exercises continue to dominate public conversation online.
BY Prince Fiifi Yorke