Sustain clean-up exercise - Local Govt Minister urges MMDAs

He said although the two-day nationwide flood aftermath clean-up exercise carried out on July 10 and 11 under the directive of President John Mahama has ended and been largely successful, more work needed to be done to sustain the gains made.

Sustainability The minister, who was satisfied with the state of the environment, urged the sanitation teams at the MMDAs to sustain the clean-up exercise beyond the presidential directive.

The Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has asked all metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) to continue with mop-up clean-up exercises to rid the country of filth.