THE Ashaiman Municipal Chief Executive, Numo Adinortey Addison, has announced that the municipal security committee is drawing up a programme to resource watchdog committees within the various electoral areas to improve security in the municipality.
The chief executive identified inadequate security, poor sanitary practices, as well as persistent fire outbreaks as major problems impeding development in the municipality.
He was addressing a forum organised by the Church of Christ Rural Water Development Project in partnership with the Ashaiman Traditional Council and Excellence Youth Development Centre, an Ashaiman-based non-governmental organisation (NGO).
He called on residents to collaborate with the assembly to ensure that the newly constituted Unit Committees in the municipality performed effectively.
The Co-ordinator of the Community Water and Sanitation Project, Ms Theodora Adomakomah-Adjei, expressed concern about the attitude of Ghanaians to sanitation and said that attitude was gradually becoming a norm in the country.
“It is surprising most people do not see anything wrong with indiscriminate littering of the environment and do not appreciate the need to practise simple hygiene, such as washing of hands with soap before meals,” Ms Adjei remarked.
The Municipal Fire Officer, Mr Victor Dzidzeme-Gawuga, took participants through fire prevention methods and urged residents to adhere to fire safety instructions to reduce the incidence of fire outbreaks, which is predominant in the community.
Ms Magdalene Lamisi Sam Awinongya, a runner-up in TV3’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful reality show, who is a resident of the municipality, appealed to the municipal assembly to consider establishing recreational facilities and youth centred-programmes which would divert the attention of the youth from engaging in anti-social vices.
She advised the youth to expend their energies on development programmes and create a positive image about Ashaiman, which is perceived to be a town noted for criminal activities.
Participants at the forum expressed regret at the slow pace of infrastructural development in the municipality and appealed to the assembly to take realistic measures to develop the area.
They also expressed disappointment at health care delivery in the community and appealed to stakeholders to collaborate with development agencies to meet the health needs of the people.
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