About 800 workers of Zoomlion took their cleaning equipment to areas such as Obetsebi Lamptey Circle, parts of the Accra-Tema motorway, Nima and Asylum Down to dredge choked drains, cut down overgrown weeds and sweep the streets.
The exercise, which is a partnership between government and Zoomlion, is the first of many scheduled to take place in the coming days, and it is in line with President Akufo-Addo’s promise to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa.
Sanitation Minister, Kofi Adda -- who was with an entourage of government officials and dignitaries from Zoomlion Ghana Ltd -- toured some of the areas where the cleanup was taking place and called for an attitudinal change to sanitation.
He urged the public to stop putting up illegal structures that worsen the sanitation situation in Accra.
“Those who are in the wrong places – who are there illegally – should move out of those places…you members of the press should do your part in supporting us. You have to come here periodically to and see what is going on.
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