By Nneka Nwogwugwu
Wife of Zimbabwe President, Auxillia Mnangagwa has declared the First Friday of every month a national environmental clean-up day to foster a culture of cleanliness among country’s citizenry.
A clean environment is everyone’s right and it calls for all to play an active role to achieve this, said Mnangagwa who is also the Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry patron.
She made the remarks yesterday at Murombedzi Growth Point where she joined the community and led from the front in cleaning up the area and planting trees.
The clean-up campaigns had waned owing to Covid-19 restrictions.
Amai Mnangagwa together with the villagers, Chiefs and Government officials swept and cleared garbage heaps giving the growth point a new face.
The First Lady encouraged everyone to utilise waste management practices on recyclable waste materials for revenue.
The mother of the nation said she was greatly honoured to participate in the clean-up which fell under the conclusion of the festive season and it was critical to reflect on the benefits of the national clean-up programme.
“It is up to us to take on the challenge of maintaining a clean, safe and healthy environment in 2022 and beyond. I want to applaud everyone for coming to this clean-up programme as this is true demonstration of the dedication which we harbour as Zimbabweans to keep our country clean.”
