Wa, Nov. 1, GNA - Zoomlion Ghana Limited, an Environmental and Waste Management Organisation, would soon weed out lazy workers to make way for dedicated hard workers, Mr. Francis Atayure Abirigo, Zoomlion Communications Officer for the three northern regions has said.

He said it has come to the notice of the Company that workers under the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) model of the Company in the districts were not working hard enough for the money they earn as salaries. According to him, the company in collaboration with NYEP authorities would take practical measures to ensure that such characters were made to face the necessary actions to enhance the efficient operations of the company.

Mr. Abirigo was interacting with the media in Wa on Saturday to with the view to soliciting their support in the education of the public against the indiscriminate disposal of waste.

"My company wants the media to partner its public education campaign to help change the mindset of people from the traditional way of disposing waste to a modern and more acceptable way of disposing waste", he explained. The Communication Officer announced that the company would launch the Zoomkids Programme in each of the three northern regions to inculcate into children the essence of keeping proper environmental and sanitation practices.

Mr. Abirigo explained that the benefits of the services offered by Zoomlion were immensurable and that it was rapidly expanding across the Ghanaian border and would not allow a few people to dent its image. He urged transport authorities and transport owners as well as drivers and bus conductors to ensure that passengers using public transport avoid throwing rubbish indiscriminately at the lorry parks, terminals and on roads.

Mr. Emmanuel Volsuuri, the Acting Operations Supervisor of Zoomlion in the Upper West Region, noted that indiscriminate dumping of waste and open defecating by members of the public were some of the major challenges confronting the company in the region. He said despite these challenges, the company was poised to achieve its goal of being a leading waste management company in the country. 01 Nov.09