Waste management company Zoomlion Ghana Limited has carried out its last-quarter disinfestation and disinfection activities for the year 2025 in the Kadjebi District of the Oti Region.
The exercise was part of efforts to promote environmental sanitation and safeguard public health.
The exercise covered public and institutional toilet facilities, markets, stakeholder and private residences, communal refuse container sites, Assembly offices, drains and unauthorised refuse disposal areas across the district.
Mr. Isaac Ablormeti, the Regional Vector Control Officer of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, said the main objective of the exercise was to prevent the outbreak and spread of communicable diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, and mosquito-borne illnesses.
He explained that the targeted vectors included flies, cockroaches, mosquitoes, mice, rats, and other harmful pests capable of posing serious health risks to residents.
Mr. Ablormeti assured the public that Zoomlion remained committed to reducing the population of insects and other disease-carrying vectors to the barest minimum to protect communities from public health threats associated with vector-borne diseases.
He noted that the disinfestation activities carried out in the Kadjebi District were undertaken simultaneously in other districts and municipalities across the Oti Region, adding that the intervention had, over the years, been a collaborative effort between Zoomlion Ghana Limited and the various District Assemblies.
According to him, the company had implemented similar vector control interventions in partnership with local authorities for more than a decade, as part of its core mandate to improve environmental sanitation nationwide.
Mr. Ablormeti further advised residents to support the exercise by practising good personal and environmental hygiene, including keeping their surroundings clean, to help prevent disease outbreaks.
Commenting on the exercise, Mr. Elorm Kpotosu, the Kadjebi District Environmental Health Officer, described Zoomlion’s disinfestation and disinfection activities as critical preventive measures that formed an integral part of effective waste management and public health protection.
He appealed to the management of Zoomlion Ghana Limited to ensure the timely payment of spray operatives to boost their morale and productivity and recommended the provision of additional logistics to enhance the efficiency of their operations.
Communities that benefited from the exercise included Zongo, Dubonku, Dodi Papase, Poase Cement and the Kadjebi township.
Other facilities treated were the residences of the Municipal Chief Executive, District Coordinating Director, District Finance Officer, magistrate court bungalows, and other public institutions.
