National clean-up exercises won’t solve flooding problem — Environmental engineer
The President made the remarks at Alajo in Accra after joining senior government officials to take part in and inspect the start of the two-day national clean-up exercise.
Her comments come after President John Mahama announced that the government is considering setting aside one day every month for a nationwide clean-up exercise, saying the current two-day national exercise is not enough to deal with the scale of sanitation challenges across the country.
Environmental engineer Dr Juliet Ohemeng-Ntiamoah has argued that periodic national clean-up exercises are not a lasting solution to Accra's persistent flooding, insisting that the focus should instead be on addressing structural and engineering deficiencies.
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