Mayor Elizabeth Kwatsoe Sackey
Mayor of Accra, Hon Elizabeth
Kwatsoe Sackey has urged women to champion a crusade against the dumping of
refuse into drains which is a contributory factor to the perennial flooding in
the city.
According to her, women play a
pivotal role in maintaining cleanliness and hygiene in their communities and as
primary cooks, caregivers, and shoppers among others, they must take up the
responsibility of cleaning their environment by engaging in good sanitation
practices and educating their households to improve sanitary conditions and
hygiene in their various communities.
The Mayor of Accra said this at a
workshop organised by the AMA and the Rotary Club in Accra to empower Queen
mothers for sustainable community development as part of activities to
mark Queen Elizabeth’s 70th year as a Monarch and Head
of the Commonwealth.
"Women are crucial agents of
change and I want to urge all women to make critical contributions, take charge
of their immediate space and help us make Accra clean so we can all live in and
love it!," She said.
The Mayor who also used the
occasion to launch a campaign to fight the dumping of refuse in drains dubbed the
#BolaInDrainsMustStopNow stressed the need to empower and encourage women
leaders in communities, especially Queen mothers who play key developmental
roles in society to help address societal challenges including sanitation
and climate change as a whole.
"We possess the ideas and
leadership skills to solve them. We are built to take on challenges, and we
have the influence to make that difference. From handling sanitation issues in
our communities and areas of leadership to promoting child education and to
assisting in our economic empowerment. We can make things better and its time
to use all that influence and power to do these and more," she said.
She expressed the AMA's
commitment to work with women to bring solutions to the issues that plague
communities with a focus on sanitation, transportation, energy, education, and
security among others.
The Deputy Chief Executive
Officer of the Ghana Enterprise Agency in a presentation on equipping young
women to be entrepreneurs to compete in the business sector admonished women to
keep records of their business transactions and activities.
President of the Greater Accra
Market Women Association, who spoke to the media after the event said, it was
the responsibility of individuals and market women to clean the markets and
dispose of their refuse properly.
A member of the Queens Platinum
Beacons Committee, PAG Jack Dotsey, said that the Rotary Club was committed to
supporting sustainable community development adding that the program was aimed
at empowering women as well as building the capacity of queen mothers to enhance
their knowledge to foster development in the communities.
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