It becomes more and more difficult to have the garbage bins empty as you get used to seeing them full and the garbage on the ground.
This situation had already caused controversy through the social networks, when a Cameroonian blogger in a video dated December 16,2017, filmed the open dumps that adjoin the roads of his neighborhood. Till this day, the situation remains the same.
We observe in the main cities of Yaounde and Douala mountains of waste piled up either near houses or in markets, releasing a foul odor whose effects on health are immeasurable during this period of health crisis.
The prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute, during the inauguration of the tax department headquarters on November 27,2020, called on the responsibility of mayor’s to stop giving to the political capital Yaounde the image of a slum in open sky.
Unfortunately, little effort is made to remedy this situation, although cameroonians pay their hygiene and sanitation tax.
Between rutled streets, facade of buildings in dirty urban centers, mountains of waste in streets despite the collection of household waste by the Hygiene and Sanitation Company (HYSACAM), the cities that should host the next African Cup of nations in January 2022 still exhales an unfume.
