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<\/a>\u00a0Citi News’<\/strong> Norbert Akpablie reported that the President, who was accompanied by the Chief of Staff,\u00a0Prosper\u00a0Bani, joined in the exercise at Sogakope, saying afterwards that Ghanaians should see the clean-up as an activity which should be done on a daily basis.<\/p>\nThe President had, earlier in a statement, urged Ghanaians to come out and work together to clean the country on Saturday, during the National Sanitation Day.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”Bga0NAnyFxYlqCSG9e160cHguH5tqBMd”]He said in a statement on Friday: ”\u00a0\u201cSanitation is a public good and its impact affects everybody irrespective of one\u2019s ethnic, political, religious or geographical background. \u201d<\/p>\n President Mahama also called on all Ghanaians \u00a0\u201cto work together, as one unified community of people to ensure the sustainable cleaning of our environs and help make Ghana cleaner and safer.\u201d<\/p>\n In September, he participated in similar exercises when joined residents in Nima, Teshie,Akoto Lante and Bukom to\u00a0clean-up their communities<\/strong>.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, The Vice-President, Kwesi Amissah Arthur, who joined the residents of Nima to mark the National Sanitation Day, has urged the media, community leaders and chiefs to help sustain the program by creating awareness in people the need to keep their communities clean.<\/p>\n “When people see that their surroundings are getting better, they’ll be encouraged to continue to do this work,” he said. \u00a0It is good and it is beneficial to the people. It’s good for their health and it is good for the community.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Edwin Kwakofi\/Norbert Akpablie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/a><\/p>\n
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