Let’s Make Accra Work Campaign Kickstarts With Clean Up Exercise In four Constituencies

Let’s Make Accra Work campaign launched recently by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has kick-started with with a massive clean-up exercise. The clean up operation undertaken simultaneously in four constituencies Ayawaso Central, North, East and West Wuogon came off on Thursday, April 22, 2021. It also involved personnel of the Ghana Army, the Ghana Police

Service, the Ghana Prisons Service GPS and the Ghana Immigration Service GIS. The rest were also from the National Disaster Management Organisation NADMO, Narcotics Control Board NACOB, Ghana National Fire Service GNFS, and the workers of waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited. The exercise took off at exactly 6 am from the Kawukudi in the Ayawaso

Central municipality where military and police personnel together with Zoomlion workers desilted choked gutters and swept the shoulders of the streets in the area. From Kawukudi, the clean-up team moved to Paloma also in the same municipality to ensure that gutters in the area were cleared of any blockade(s) to allow water to flow freely. Speaking to the press, the Greater Accra Regional

Minister, Mr. Henry Quartey, was full of praise for the various security agencies that took part in the exercise. He however warned that the assemblies will also not hesitate to fine citizens caught dumping refuse into gutters and drains. He admitted that the fight to make the national capital clean is a herculean task, adding that he’ll work with iron fist to make sure it works. Mr.

Quartey, who is also the Member of Parliament MP for the Ayawaso Central further disclosed that over 850 personnel have been assigned to clean the city daily. This move, he indicated, was to prevent a recurrence of the June 3rd flood disaster. The regional minister also thanked the President Nana AkufoAddo for reposing confidence in him to steer affairs of the Greater Accra

Region. I also commend every person who participated to ensure the success of this clean-up exercise, adding that we will be embarking on this exercise every two 2 weeks, he said. The Local Government and the Rural Development Minister, Dan Kwaku Botwe, who was also present, affirmed his support for the project, assuring that it will not be a flash in the pan. According to him,

his ministry will support engineers to see to it that the clean Accra project is also successful and inures to the benefit of the citizenry too. The Greater Accra Regional NADMO Director, Mr. Cobbinah applauded the efforts of the regional minister. He also indicated that NADMO is also working hard to make sure all the gutters in the city were also cleared, especially in the flood prone areas.