vibeghana.com, 02 June 2014
The Head of Administration at Zoom Alliance, Benjamin Amankwah, has called on government to invest in sanitation management because of the huge returns on investments.
Speaking to students of the Hotels, Catering and Institutional Management Department of Accra Polytechnic, Mr Amankwah said investment in sanitation management has a lot of benefits, adding that the achieving the Millennium Development Goal on sanitation would result in $66 billion annual economic benefit.
The theme for the seminar is: “The role of Sanitation and Hygiene in Healthy Living.’
Mr Amankwah said the lack of public interest in proper waste management had affected sanitation issues in the country with the resultant effect of disease outbreaks.
He said the overall aim of Zoom Alliance, as private waste management company is to keep communities clean and urged everybody to do the same to achieve the overall goal of ensuring a healthy nation that is productive at all spheres.
According to him, Zoom Alliance offers support to institutions such as Accra Polytechnic, sanitations clubs and other non-governmental organisations with similar goals to clean and educate the public about environmental cleanliness. Read More....