Forcing citizens to join clean-up exercise is illegal without by-law backing – Samson Anyenini

Private Legal practitioner, journalist and host of Joy FM's Newsfile, Samson Lardy Anyenini, has stated that compelling citizens to participate in the nationwide clean-up exercise is illegal, insisting there is no national law that empowers the President to enforce such a directive.

Mr Anyenini concluded that stopping motorists, ordering them out of their vehicles and compelling them to take part in the nationwide clean-up exercise is unlawful unless it is backed by an enforceable local by-law.

His comments come after President John Dramani Mahama urged Ghanaians to actively participate in the nationwide clean-up exercise.