Monrovia – A Liberian Lawyer at the International Law Group (ILG), Madam Madina Wesseh has urged a new Sanitation Company, PMG Sanitation Incorporated to transform the sanitation sector in Liberia saying dirt has money.
She noted that dirt is Liberia’s problem, saying the PMG is turning it into sanitation, “dirt get money inside so the money part there, that’s why our dear brothers from the PMG came together and they have informed the city that they will be taking that aspect of recycling,” she said.
Serving as chief launcher of the newly formed sanitation Company, PMG Sanitation Inc, Atty. Wesseh encouraged the PMG to get involved in recycling and educating residents who are disposing dirt in the streets.
“We hope that this initiative will really educate the public so people can get use to putting plastics in dirt. We want to leave from here today knowing that plastic bags need to be put in a special place from the dirt, because the plastic takes over thirty years in dirt with us in the home I think that’s what PMG will do to make dirt collection a little different that people will be putting dirt in a particular bin from plastic,” she noted.
She said community involvement in garbage collection is very important, saying it is time that people have dignity in labor by supporting the group to keep the city clean.
Dirt piled up in street corners in Monrovia and environs is common, under aged children walk barefooted through trash heaps, picking through piles that can contain used syringes and bloodied bandages.
Madam Wesseh said there is a serious problem of hygiene in Monrovia as residents continue to throw waste, including feces in the streets, especially in crowded communities and market sites.”
The special assistant to Mayor of Paynesville serving as Proxy for his boss at the program, Martin Gibson described the situation of dirt in the city as embarrassing, saying it does not only give a picture to an emerging health crisis, but gives the city a poor human face.
Pedestrians usually struggle to move along the main streets competing with piles of garbage and moving vehicles.
Marketers and residents who are considered the producers of the garbage are always at the mercy of fate as they complain on a daily basis of poor sanitation.
Most of the garbage sites polluted with an offensive odor of stale water serving as a breeding place for flies and mosquitoes where water accumulating at dumpsites spill into uncovered wells throughout the city.
But the office of the mayor of Paynesville headed by Cyvette Gibson is committed in its garbage collection programs in the city of Paynesville.
Martin said his boss is pleased to have another Sanitation company coming in existence to help clean the city through garbage collection.
“Sanitation continues to be a challenge for Paynesville garbage coming from communities every day. In fact, because of that’s the problem we face now, 85% of the garbage cannot be collected from homes because we do not have the capacity, the national government has been trying but there are other priorities government is looking after, so we are happy that a young company like PMG is coming in to help us to solve this problem,” he said.
An official of the PMG, George Sirleaf said the company started a month ago by three individuals, Prince Morgan and George.
He said the idea came about after noticing the challenge the city is faced with when it comes to garbage collection.
“We are trying to introduce a new system of garbage collection in this country, we understand that there are others who are collecting garbage but we want bring in new style in waste collection,” he noted.
He said the PMG will go out in the communities and engage the residents who produce the garbage, saying the PMG will introduce programs that will educate the people.
Sirleaf noted that the people who produce the garbage are part of the garbage collection process, and as such, they need to be educated in the process.
He disclosed that materials will be given to residents and they will be educated on how to use it, saying the company will get involved in recycling business.
“We are not only here to make money we are here to provide the education and teach people how to use the materials in garbage collection,” he disclosed.
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