Businesses op­erating in the Ad­entan Municipality have been urged to take the cleanliness of their frontages as a prime responsibility in order to maintain a clean environment.

The Municipal Environmen­tal Officer, Andrew Nii Apai Aborhey, made the call after last Friday's clean-up exercise to clear the area of filth.

According to him cleanliness is a shared responsibility as such it behooves the citizenry especially businesses to regularly comple­ment the assembly's efforts by regularly keeping their areas of operations clean.

The exercise which started at 7 am and ended at 12 noon saw several teams of the assembly staff weeding bushy surroundings and also dredging choked drains in the municipality.