Director of Sanitation at the Tema Metropolitan Assembly, Wisdom Aditsey, has identified poor sanitation as the Assembly's primary challenge.

Despite regular clean-up efforts, Aditsey informed the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the persistent issue of littering and indiscriminate dumping of waste throughout the city of Tema poses a significant obstacle to maintaining cleanliness in the harbor city.

“People just throw trash everywhere, making it tough to control. We clean up, but the next morning, there’s more garbage left behind, and we have to struggle to pick it up again. It’s frustrating.”

Wisdom Aditsey stated that the Tema Metropolitan Assembly is facing challenges due to limited resources to effectively maintain cleanliness in the city. He called for support from stakeholders to address the resource constraints and enhance the assembly's efforts in keeping the city clean.

“We need to monitor specific areas 24/7 to maintain cleanliness, but it’s expensive to hire people for constant surveillance, and the Assembly can’t afford it.”

He said despite regular public education on how to dispose waste properly, the situation was getting out of hand.