Accra, Nov. 12, GNA – King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, the Ga Mantse has given an assurance of his commitment to support the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and its sister Assemblies to ensure a clean Accra.
He said the sustainable collection and disposal of plastic waste in Accra had persisted over a decade and he would collaborate with the Regional Coordinating Council, AMA,the Security Service, Asafoatsemei and Asafoanyemei and all stakeholders to improve the situation.
King Tackie Teiko Tsuru made the pledge when he visited the AMA to have first-hand information and to familiarise himself with the Assembly’s activities.
He also announced plans by the Ga Traditional Council to roll out an initiative in the first quarter of 2022 to address climate change by perceiving waste as a resource.
“Madam Mayor, we have witnessed many interventions by various governments to make Accra clean. The problem of sustainable collection and disposal of plastic in Accra has continued for well over a decade.
“Plastic waste clogged-gutters, and plastic-littered streets in the national capital, and the beaches are not left out. However, whether Accra is clean now or not, as part of efforts to curb the menace, as the Ga Mantse and the President of the Ga Traditional Council we are committed to supporting your outfit and the government to ensure Accra is clean,” he said.
The Ga Mantse stated: “We shall do this in collaboration with the Regional Coordinating Council, AMA, the Security Service and our Asafoatsemei and Asafoanyemei as well as all stakeholders…Towards this end we hope to roll out a holistic and innovative initiative that aims at tackling challenges like climate change by viewing waste as a resource in the first quarter of 2022.”
King Tackie Teiko Tsuru expressed concerns over the rise in social vices among the youth in Accra and assured that he would immediately engage the security services and other stakeholders to effectively clamp down on all persons engaged in such criminal social vices.
Madam Elizabeth Kwatsoe Sackey, the Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive in her welcoming address said the Assembly would join hands with the Traditional Authority to secure support towards the development of the city.
She was hopeful that the King would be a “reliable source of counsel” to help drive the developmental agenda of the Assembly for the good of the people.
“Hon Presiding Member, please permit me to share a few words about His Royal Majesty, the Ga Mantse: He is a brilliant and an intelligent person. A very creative man, a bold and fearless person, an excellent team player, a disciplined person, and an affable person.
“Hon PM, with these qualities there is no doubt that the King is going to be a very reliable source of counsel for me and the entire Assembly to tap into to shape and drive the developmental agenda for the good of the people, especially in the current difficult financial moments of the Assembly,” Madam Sackey said.
The Ga Mantse was later accompanied by the Chief Executive of the AMA and some other dignitaries to inspect some ongoing projects within AMA’s jurisdiction namely; the reconstruction of the Salaga Market, construction of the Sempe School, the James Town Fishing Harbour and the construction of a two-storey expansion project to serve as a maternity block for the Kaneshie Polyclinic.
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