Nii Boi Town residents dumping garbage into gutters

Some residents of Nii Boi Town, a suburb of Accra, have expressed concern about the wanton dumping of garbage into gutters in the area.
They said despite efforts to tidy the area, some unscrupulous persons, under the cover of darkness, dumped refuse into the gutters, although there were garbage containers around.
They complained to the Daily Graphic that some unknown persons particularly children intentionally dumped garbage into the gutters when they had been given money by their parents to dispose them into refuse containers placed at vantage points in the area.
When the Daily Graphic visited the site the gutters were choked with so much rubbish that it was impossible for water to run through.
A resident, Madam Joyce Appiah, said some people including children it easier to dump rubbish into the gutters because they were not covered.
An elderly woman said she had lived in the area for years and had witnessed a lot of these bad practices but was overwhelmed to see so much rubbish this time around.
“We always clean the gutters when this happens but we are fed up because we cannot continue doing this for the rest of our lives. I think it is better if the gutters are covered to put an end to this,” she said.
She appealed to the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mrs Elizabeth Sackey, to ensure that the gutters were covered to prevent people from using them as refuse dumps.
Some of the residents who pleaded anonymity said they funded the construction of the gutters and appealed to ZoomLion Company Limited to come to their aid in dealing with the issue of waste management.

Picture: The choked gutters at Nii Boi Town.