A clean city will attract tourists – Bulawayo Acting Mayor
Environmental consciousness should be among the many hygienic practices that Bulawayo residents ought to adopt by avoiding throwing garbage at undesignated places in the Central Business District (CBD) and surrounding areas. This sentiment was emphasized during a hand over of 27 bins by Croco Motors to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC).
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Speaking during the hand-over ceremony, Acting Mayor for the City of Bulawayo, Councilor Sikhululekile Moyo cited the importance of keeping the city clean, saying that tourism will thrive in a clean environment.
“Keeping our city clean can mean more tourists and better standards of living. Tourists would want to come to clean and hygienic environments. Let us keep our city clean in order to attract more tourist to boost our economy,” she said.
“Councilor Moyo added: “Cleanliness should be a culture for all citizens in a bid to continue to build a leading and smart transformative city.”
Senior Public Relations Officer for BCC Nesisa Mpofu appealed to residents to adopt the habit of throwing litter into bins in order to revive the city’s status as one of the cleanest in the continent.
“As we receive this donation, we extend our heartfelt appreciation to Croco Motors for coming on board with these 27 bins. We now appeal to our stakeholders, particularly residents, to play your part to keep our city as clean as possible. This is a city that you own, lets honor it by keeping it safe.”
“Women are always expected to be the ones to keep the city clean by making sure that their children observe hygienic practices, we also call on men to play their part through ensuring that their surroundings are also clean and not leave all the work to women,” she said.
Johane Mutamba who is the Business Unit Manager for Croco Motors echoed Mpofu’s sentiments, citing that their aim is to preserve the legacy of cleanliness set by the city of Bulawayo.
“As a business we want to play the part of keeping our city clean by coming here today to donate these bins. For now, we have 27 refuse bins, but we want to donate more. Our target is to get to 50 by the end of the year.”
He urged other businesses in the private sector to follow suit in order to ensure that there are enough refuse bins in the city.
The Divisional Environmental Health Officer, Ncube said shortages of bins and worn out refuse equipment contributes to littering in the city and applauded Croco Motors for the donation.
“People throw away litter haphazardly because there are no bins at nearby places. We applaud Croco Motors for coming through with such a donation. It will go a long way as the city has limited refuse bins to use,” he said.
Calls have been made to residents to come together to help promote a sustainable waste recycling industry by using designated bin in the town.