Speaking on Eyewitness News, the AMA Chief Executive, Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah, said residents must instead be compelled to deal with their refuse.

“The Assembly’s position is that, we are going to use that platform to enforce our bylaws.”

[contextly_sidebar id=”IfZdDRFkAAqn3lEnCViFy9qTeAMUe6Uj”]The next Sanitation Day is this Saturday, on June 3, and Mr. Adjei Sowah said various Assembly personnel will be deployed to ensure that residents comply with sanitation bylaws.

“So on Saturday, we are mobilising all our district and environmental health officials. There are about 160 of them and we will zoom into the Ablekuma Central area and they are going to people’s houses to check whether they have really evacuated all their refuse from the places and disposed them.”

The name “Sanitation Day” will even be a thing of the past in the Accra Metropolis, according to Mr. Adjei Sowah, who added that “we are going to enforce the sanitation bylaws on that day. So I am changing it in my district to Sanitation Enforcement Day.

The AMA MCE was adamant that, the sanitation conditions within the various communities were the responsibility of the residents, and not the AMA.

“I am not excited to come to your community to come and clean up your houses and gutters for you. Once in a while, we will do that; but it is not my responsibility. It is your responsibility,” Mr. Adjei Sowah stated.

Since November 1, 2014, the first Saturday of every month was earmarked as National Sanitation Day across Ghana.

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development initiative was declared in response to a major cholera outbreak that year.

On the day, Ghanaians engage in a voluntary clean-up exercise in an effort to reduce unsanitary conditions that breed diseases and causes flooding.

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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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But the story is different today.

After auditing some prime areas in Accra, Citi News gathered that parts Ghana’s capital city are bushy, filthy and stinky.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had promised to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa after his tenure but if nothing is done immediately, his dream would only be a mirage.

At Madina, heaps of refuse were seen at the base of almost every street light pole.

The bottom of the huge concrete pillars supporting an uncompleted footbridge has become a urinal and a refuse site.

The stench that emanates from the spot is so strong that it can knock one out if one stays in the area for too long.

Opposite Peter Pan restaurant is perhaps the heaviest heap of garbage.

There are sacks, cartons and big black poly bags full of refuse generated by market and motorist.

A ‘trotro’ driver who spoke to Citi News said “no sensible person will be happy with this situation.”

But he was seen throwing refuse from his van and justified his action arguing that there is a heap of refuse there already.

All these are happening under the nose of the La-Nkwatanang Municipal Office which is just a junction away and in the heart of a disorderly and dirty market.

From Madina to Accra, one can see over grown bushes in between lanes and along the roads. Trees planted here do not number more than five.

Their fate hang in a balance as the battle with wild weed to survive.

Labourers were however seen clearing the weeds from the Ghana Standards Board a few distance beyond Okponglo.

Spanner, a popular bus stop at the heart of Villa Montecello, Accra Mall and the Africa Regent Hotel are both engulfed in bush and garbage at the same time.

After a long week of hard work, city dwellers desirous of recreating at the beach behind Art Center will be completely turned off given that the beach lives up to the name its squatters have given it: ‘Borla Beach’ to wit Beach of Garbage.

Driving around the city with your family on a weekend should be fun. But not in Accra as almost every turn in the capital is bushy, filthy and stinky.

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By: Caleb Kudah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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