TEMA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL, ZOOMLION CLEAN BEACH (PAGE 24)

The Tema Traditional Council in collaboration with about 100 fishermen who operate at the Sakumono beach and ZoomLion has organised a clean-up exercise at the Sakumono beach to make the area healthy and attractive for relaxation.
The Tema Mantse, Nii Adjei Kraku, inaugurated the Friends of the Sea, Beaches and Inland Water Bodies Club during the clean-up exercise at the Sakumono beach to ensure regular clean-up at the beach.
Nii Kraku, who is the founder of the club, said the Sakumono beach was exposed because of the sea erosion, which led to resettling the indigenous people from the old site to the new Sakumono village.
He said the club had membership who resided along the beaches from Aflao to Axim and were committed to clean the beach.
Nii Kraku was not happy with the misuse of beaches by some coastal residents and expressed the need to provide fishermen with the needed facilities to encourage them to keep the beaches clean.
He said the club had entered into an agreement with a local non-governmental organisation to provide places of convenience to serve the coastal residents to ensure total cleanliness along beaches in the country.
He therefore appealed to the fishermen to desist from using the beaches for defecation and other anti-social practices like dumping of refuse.
The Chief Fisherman at Sakumono, Nii Kwashie Otubuah, expressed the appreciation of the people to the Tema Mantse for taking the initiative to assist them clean the beaches and also commended ZoomLion Company Limited for regularly clearing refuse along the coast.
Nii Otubuah indicated that the fishermen had difficulty mending their nets at the beach because of the unclean surroundings.
The fishermen and fish mongers at the Sakumono beach together with some members of the Friends of the Sea and Beaches and Inland Water Bodies assembled at the beach as early as 7am to clean the beach.
Some members of the club from the Central Region were present to support the exercise .