President John Mahama has announced that cleanliness will become a new performance benchmark for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs).
According to him, the level of sanitation in their jurisdictions will now play a critical role in determining whether they remain in office or face removal.
Speaking during his Thank You Tour of the Greater Accra Region in Dodowa on Friday, May 16, the President declared that maintaining clean communities will become a key performance indicator in assessing the work of MMDCEs under his administration. "Cleanliness will become one of the key performance indicators for measuring the performance of MMDCEs and will determine whether they will remain in office or are removed," President Mahama stated.
The announcement comes as the country continues to grapple with recurrent flooding, particularly in Accra, which the President attributed to poor drainage, unregulated development, and the worsening impacts of climate change.
