Ghana news Security forces lead clean-up exercise... Security forces lead clean-up exercise...

Armed with brooms, rakes, shovels and wheelbarrows, residents, sanitation workers and security personnel yesterday fanned out across parts of Accra to sweep streets and desilt choked drains as the first of the two-day nationwide clean-up exercise got underway.” At La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA), the exercise brought together personnel from the security services, workers from Zoomlion, assembly staff and residents who worked to clear blocked drains, remove debris left after the flood and clean bushy areas within the municipality.

He urged residents to maintain clean surroundings beyond the two-day exercise, stressing that sanitation must become a daily responsibility.