AMA Partners With Gasmilla To Promote Good Sanitational Behaviour In Accra

As part of its ongoing attempts to rid the city of filth and make Accra safe, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has collaborated with Milla Odartei Lamptey, also known as Gasmilla.

The collaboration is focused on using the musician's brand to raise public consciousness and knowledge about the importance of behavioral improvement in the pursuit of a safe and serene city.

The Afro-pop singer and songwriter was officially appointed a Vodafone Green Ambassador for his work supporting safe beaches and other environmental issues.

The AMA manager, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, said music was a strong instrument to empower people and motivate them to take action during a courtesy call by Gasmilla on Monday to affirm the partnership.

He explained that people's negative views have been increasingly rooted over time, and that reforming them takes a lot of knowledge and sensitization, which is why the relationship exists.

He explained that the Assembly chose the ‘Telemo' hitmaker as a collaborator because of his ambassadorial status and past sanitation programs.

” We've done a lot of outreach and sensitization, so now we're welcoming actors and powerful figures in the community to be part of the overall effort…We noticed that Gasmilla is interested in environmental sanitation and is a brand ambassador for a cooperative organization, so we asked him to join us in our next phase of the campaign as part of our efforts to increase education and transform attitudes,” he added.

He shared his and the city's contribution to the partnership, emphasizing the need for other celebrities to follow Gasmilla's lead.

“We have been firmly ingrained and embedded in our destructive behavior through the years, and overcoming it takes a combination of coercion and education,” he added.

Gasmilla was admonished by the Mayor of Accra, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, to mobilize his colleagues with common dreams to help fund the struggle and the more personalities there are, the easier it is to succeed.

Nii Odartei Milla Lamptey clarified that he wanted to work with the AMA to clean up Accra because it was the country's gateway and needed to be clean in order to draw more tourists.

“I agree that if you teach a child the right way to go, he will not stray from it as an adult, so we will continue and train and advise children and youth about how to keep their world safe… To accomplish this goal, we want to rally the youth and community leaders,” he ended.

Source: Dklassgh.com