The government requisitioned the army to clear Libreville and its surroundings. Clean Africa, the company responsible for collecting rubbish and making the city clean is out of breath. Not enough equipment and especially not enough budget. This Saturday, police, gendarmes and Republican Guards were present in the streets to sweep and clean the gutters. They were visited by the Ministers of the Interior and of Defence.
With our correspondent in Libreville, Yves-Laurent Goma
Siren and flashing light at the head of the procession of the Minister of Defense, Michael Moussa Adamo and his colleague from the Interior, Lambert Noël Matha, who toured the capital to galvanize the troops. At each stop, soldiers are hard at work, rakes, brooms, brushes, wheelbarrows and shovels in hand.
The Minister of Defense addresses the elements of the Republican Guard on the seafront. We know that’s not our primary mission, but it’s also a way of defending the country. Thank you for what you do for the nation and for all of us. »
The soldiers were assigned to sweep the streets, clean the gutters and above all convey the waste collected to the public dump. ” Calling in the army for reinforcements is good, but we need lasting solutions suggests Ibrahim Sendjet Mboulou of the Gabonese Consumers Organization.
” In many countries, household waste constitutes a great wealth. You have to collect them, then value them. So it’s not a bad thing that the army can help the population to get rid of it. But again, you have to take advantage of the waste. »
Every day, Libreville produces around 250 tons of waste dumped in the open air without being sorted.