AFCONTOTAL Energies 2021: HYSACAM Adopts Measures to Ensure a Garbage-free AFCON

The Hygiene and Health in Cameroon, HYSACAM has put in place new measures to ensure the systematic cleanliness of cities throughout the 2021 African Cup of Nations.

The host country of the 20201 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) has been cleaning up in order to offer sports delegations and African football fans the image of a clean Cameroon, without rubbish in the streets.

Measures such as door-to-door movement for the collection of household garbage, the frequent collection of garbage at various dump points and the visiting of inaccessible areas are some new strategies adopted by this company to ensure clean cities throughout the competition.

“The city is truly clean, and everyone can see that. We are delighted that the company Hygiene and Sanitation of Cameroon (HYSACAM) has really taken the bull by the horns, by implementing the recommendations of the government to make Yaounde and other cities sites of AFCON clean spaces, especially at a time when we host this important event,” said Alain Potto, the deputy director of sanitation and drainage at the Cameroonian Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.

In addition to the city of Yaounde in the centre of the country, HYSACAM has also strengthened its activities in Douala, Bafoussom, Garoua, Limbe and Buea, teo cities in the south-west which are also home to groups of AFCON Cameroon 2021, which takes place from January 9 to February 6, 2022.

“We have deployed additional resources. In Yaoundé, for example, new garbage collectors have been recruited and several others have been redeployed internally. Material resources such as trucks and new rubbish bins are being deployed in the city,” explains Nguemando, HYSACAM’s operations manager.

In order to reinforce HYSACAM in its activities, the state of Cameroon allocated budgets to various councils of host cities to take care of their areas of jurisdiction. This fund was essentially used for the employment of workers and the urchase of new equipment.

The population of Yaoundé, visible satisfied by this new move wishes that the company and various councils continue these additional actions, even after the continental jamboree.

“I must admit that I am very satisfied with the recent activities of HYSACAM. They are now active than before. They pass by on a regular basis to collect garbage. They are even days they come when my trash is still empty, unlike before when it was full and flowing but they weren’t coming fort. Even the trash point down the neighborhood is constantly clean,” said Rophine Mofor, a housewife at the Nsimeyong neighborhood.

However, this activity is not without challenges. They essentially vary from the contraction of diseases to the non-payment of salaries, long hours at work and disrespect from the public.

Ingrid Kengne