Former President J.J. Rawlings has commended an unidentified taxi driver for his great environmental practice.
The driver of a KIA Picanto taxi with registration number GW 8963-16,
according to the former leader, on Thursday morning after emptying the
remainder of the water in his sachet on the street, kept the empty
container in his car.
This is a very rare sight especially in the capital where indiscriminate
disposal of the wrapper of candies, paper, polythene bags, sachet water
rubber has become a routine.
Passengers and drivers alike, sometimes throw all sorts of things out of
moving vehicles, a despicable phenomenon which has widely been
condemned.
Late former Vice President, Aliu Mahama, well noted for the discipline
he stood for, campaigned against such behaviour. He advocated that to
have a clean Ghana, there must be self-disciplined.
His campaign was at the forefront of the media for a long time but the
impact, considering the current sanitation challenge in the country with
rubbish everywhere, is minimal.
For an elated Mr. Rawlings, he could not hide his joy by such a rare sight so he took to social media to share his experience.
…afterwards
and placed it back in his car. We will like to see more of that by
drivers and especially passengers. Let’s do a little cleaning up as the
crucifixion of Christ approaches. pic.twitter.com/kmVbaobxJw— Jerry John Rawlings (@officeofJJR) April 4, 2019
“I congratulate the driver of a KIA Picanto taxi with registration
number GW 8963-16. I was about three vehicles behind him at a traffic
light junction this morning when I saw him squeeze water out a sachet
bag. It felt good when he folded the empty bag…
“…afterwards and placed it back in his car. We will like to see more of
that by drivers and especially passengers. Let’s do a little cleaning up
as the crucifixion of Christ approaches,” he tweeted.