The
Gambia government on Friday signed an agreement with Continental Africa LLC to
collect garbage from across the country and recycle it.
Given
the challenges of waste collection in The Gambia, the move was highly
appreciated by the general public, particularly those in the Kanifing
Municipality and Brikama where garbage collection has been the least effective
and efficient.
The
inefficiency in garbage collection is even more pronounced at the Serekunda and
Brikama markets, the two major markets in the country.
At
these markets, people always complain bitterly about the lateness of garbage
collection for it was not uncommon for heaps of wastes to be in the market for
days or even weeks waiting to be collected.
However,
such would be history now with the implementation of the garbage collection
agreement signed by the government.
The
commencement of the garbage collection would lead to cleanliness of our markets
and our environments. Such cleanliness
leads to healthiness which also leads to wealthiness. For us to get good health and wealth, we have
to keep our environments clean.
Meanwhile,
we would like to commend Mayor Abdoulie Bah of Banjul and his staff of Banjul
City Council for their initiative and efforts in keeping Banjul clean. They should keep up the good work.
Now
that we have a new company to collect garbage and recycle them, we should keep
our environments clean all the time.
“I
see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling
as they go about their work.”
Willie
Stargell
