OneGhana Movement donates 40 bins to NCCE

 




OneGhAna Movement has donated 40 waste bins to the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) for waste segregation in basic schools. Given that sanitation is very critical to the NCCE, it has collaborated with the OneGhana Movement to educate young children, especially in basic schools, to inculcate the habit of proper waste disposal through its ‘A Clean Ghana, My Responsibility’ sanitation programme.
Speaking at the official handing-over ceremony of the bins to the NCCE, Emily Kanyir Nyuur, executive secretary of the movement, emphasised that plastic waste is a big problem in Ghana; there is, therefore, the need to encourage waste segregation in the younger generation so that they can be agents of change.
“Plastic waste takes about 500 years to decompose, and that is not very good for our environment so we encourage segregation of waste although it will take a while to boom,” she added.
Ms Josephine Nkrumah, chairperson of the commission, said that the movement, over the past few years, has supported them in various activities.
“In the short time that we have been acquainted, we’ve found in them a worthy partner, especially because they understand the work of the commission and we share similar objective,” she added
She said, “We realised that the NCCE is heavily underfunded, which makes it is difficult for them to bring forth their mandate. That is why we decided to partner with them in the various projects that they come up with.”
Ms Nkrumah thanked the movement for its continuous sponsorship of the commission in its activities.
“The NCCE awareness videos on vigilantism, voting with empty promises and allowing the police to work were kindly sponsored by the OneGhana Movement,” she said.
She hoped for a stronger relationship with the movement in the years ahead.
OneGhana also called on the public and the media to preach about waste segregation in homes and communities to cause people to be agents of change.
Schools in and around Accra are going to benefit from these bins. “There is going to be a careful selection of schools to ensure that each school is committed to the culture of waste segregation. We need to see how proactive they are in waste segregation before donating the bins,” the chairperson said.








The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has received 40 waste bins for segregation in basic schools from the OneGhana Movement. Given that sanitation is very critical to the NCCE, it has collaborated with the OneGhana Movement to educate young children, especially in basic schools, to inculcate the habit of proper waste disposal through its ‘A Clean Ghana, My Responsibility’ sanitation programme.




Speaking at the official handing-over ceremony of the bins to the NCCE, Emily Kanyir Nyuur, executive secretary of the movement, emphasised that plastic waste is a big problem in Ghana; there is, therefore, the need to encourage waste segregation in the younger generation so that they can be agents of change.
“Plastic waste takes about 500 years to decompose, and that is not very good for our environment so we encourage segregation of waste although it will take a while to boom,” she added.
Ms Josephine Nkrumah, chairperson of the commission, said that the movement, over the past few years, has supported them in various activities.


“In the short time that we have been acquainted, we’ve found in them a worthy partner, especially because they understand the work of the commission and we share similar objective,” she added
She said, “We realised that the NCCE is heavily underfunded, which makes it is difficult for them to bring forth their mandate. That is why we decided to partner with them in the various projects that they come up with.”
Ms Nkrumah thanked the movement for its continuous sponsorship of the commission in its activities.


“The NCCE awareness videos on vigilantism, voting with empty promises and allowing the police to work were kindly sponsored by the OneGhana Movement,” she said.
She hoped for a stronger relationship with the movement in the years ahead.
OneGhana also called on the public and the media to preach about waste segregation in homes and communities to cause people to be agents of change.
Schools in and around Accra are going to benefit from these bins. “There is going to be a careful selection of schools to ensure that each school is committed to the culture of waste segregation. We need to see how proactive they are in waste segregation before donating the bins,” the chairperson said.