Churches, Mosques Must Preach About Environmental Protection – Annoah-Dompreh Backs Bawumia’s Call

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Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh has backed Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s call for traditional leaders to help the government guard the surroundings.

He described the call as “awesome” after urging all to join hands in the government’s quest to protect our environs.

“The call by his Excellency the Vice president for an active collaboration by our Traditional leaders with the government on environmental responsibility is awesome,” he tweeted

Adding that, “Our religious leaders must be part of the triploid; we must preach environmental responsibility in our churches and mosques.”

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia urged chiefs and different conventional officers to finish the federal government’s efforts to guard the surroundings.

Talking at this 12 months version of the Akyem Abuakwa Chiefs and Folks’ Ohum Competition in Kyebi within the Japanese Province on Saturday Dr Bawumia stated it’s the obligation of the present era to uphold and defend the traditional custom of maintaining the surroundings for generations but to be born.

“As we promised at the moment to proceed our ancestors’ custom of maintaining our surroundings secure and clear, we should mirror on the present unhappy state of the Birim River, the delight of Okyeman.

“As we speak in Ghana, our rivers are polluted. We’ve got farmed this near the banks of the river. We additionally constructed, and polluted the rivers without emotion by means of galamsay actions or invading the river path, these actions expose the waters to every kind of air pollution.

“Taking on this environmental degradation and air pollution requires the dedication of everybody, together with the federal government. Previously, communal work and volunteering have been efficient methods utilized by Nananom and native authorities to cope with scum issues in our neighbourhoods.

“This noble initiative However these days our exercise appears misplaced. Nananom, I urge you to work in collaboration with native authorities to rekindle this shared spirit that may assist cope with the filth in our communities,” he appealed

By:/peacefmonline.com/ghana