HFC, LEKMA CLEAN NUNGUA (PAGE 23, AUGUST 12, 2010)

THE Branch Manager of the HFC Bank, Mr Sherlock Ashiagbor, has called for deeper collaboration among the people and district assemblies to avert the adverse effects of climate change which has affected Africa enormously.
According to him, the rate of urbanisation in major cities across the country has led to massive depletion of the environment as communities have been reduced to slums, thereby compromising sanitation among residents.
Mr Ashaigbor made the remarks at Nungua where the bank, in collaboration with the Ledzokuku- Krowor Municipal Assembly, organised a clean-up exercise as part of its second anniversary celebrations.
He indicated that the partnership was to complement the assembly’s efforts towards the development of the community. The exercise saw the staff of the bank and the assembly clear choked gutters in the community and sensitised residents to the need to maintain a clean environment.
He announced that the bank, as part of its efforts to raise the standards of education, was constructing a six-unit classroom block for the Kotobabi No 2 TMA Primary School at Batsoona in the municipality as part of its corporate social responsibility.
Mr Ashiagbor challenged institutions within the municipality to commit a higher percentage of their social responsibility assistance to education since they, as institutions, would benefit enormously from the investment they make into grooming the human resources in these communities.
The Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Daniel Amartey-Mensah, bemoaned the filth that has engulfed the entire community and charged residents to adhere to cleanliness.
According to him, majority of the assembly’s revenue was being channelled into sanitation at the expense of other areas that needed concentration.
“It is regrettable to know that the assembly has over the last 18 months spent a total of GH¢230,000 on the clearing of major drains in the municipality while educational infrastructures cry for help.”
“The money could be used to build additional school blocks to phase out the shift system which was still in existence among educational centres should residents desist from the haphazard way of waste disposing,” he lamented.
Mr Amartey Mensah appeal for residents support towards the improvement of sanitary conditions within the municipality.
Also present at the clean-up was the area manager of the bank, Mr Herbert Hammond, Head of mortgage, Ms Ama Amoah and the Municipal Co-ordinating Director, Mr Gabriel Dari.