Accra: Rev Dr Lawrence Tetteh, the President of Worldwide Miracle Outreach, has urged Ghana citizens to be more environmentally conscious to guard against looming disasters resulting from poor environmental practices. He called for a massive and an all-inclusive united front to confront the prevailing day-to-day canker of poor sanitation and the annual ritual of flooding besetting the nation anytime the rains come down.
According to Ghana News Agency, Rev Dr Tetteh linked the menace of irresponsible environmental habits to the incident of flooding and charged citizens who dispose refuse indiscriminately to desist from the practice to avoid drains being choked. In an interview on the role of the clergy in educating citizens on environmental responsibility at the sidelines of the Eighth Speech, Prize and Graduation ceremony of North Hills International School, he said though the recent flooding incident caused massive destruction, the deaths and destruction were avoidable at certain places.
He emphasized that people must take responsibility for their actions and stop acts of impunity where individuals build anywhere without adhering to existing laws and regulations. Rev Dr Tetteh supported the view that buildings erected in inappropriate locations, where construction rules have been flouted, would suffer consequences, adding that addressing the challenge must begin from somewhere.
He stated, "This is the only nation we have and as such we must all come together to build it for posterity not to judge us to have left a regrettable legacy." He further mentioned that citizens should be law-abiding and environmentally responsible for social harmony and environmental sanity to prevail, noting that such needless deaths and destruction could be averted if people live right with the environment and laws of the land.
Dr Tetteh reminded society that cleanliness was next to godliness and advocated for an aggressive policy approach to tackling sanitation in public places. He called on all citizens to support the president in ongoing efforts to tackle challenges besetting the nation at the forefront of national development.
In a piece of advice to parents at the event, Dr Tetteh urged parents to encourage and support their children in learning foreign languages such as French and Chinese being studied in the school, suggesting it would better place them in the scheme of professional fortunes.