President John Dramani Mahama will on Saturday, September 6, 2025, relaunch the National Sanitation Day (NSD) across all 16 regions, declaring every first Saturday of the month a nationwide clean-up exercise.
The initiative, under the Government’s “Clean Up Ghana Agenda,” is designed to restore discipline in public spaces and make sanitation a benchmark for accountability at the local level.
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The relaunch event will take place at the Institute of Local Government Studies, Madina, Accra. Ahead of the launch, the Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, said the NSD represents a renewed pact between the state and its citizens, anchored on enforcement, sustainability, and shared responsibility.
Mr. Ibrahim said the exercise will not only mobilise citizens, assemblies, traditional leaders, and civil society but also strengthen the role of local government structures. He explained that sanitation will now serve as a key performance indicator (KPI) for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs). Their performance will be ranked in a sanitation league table to be published at the end of each year, showcasing the best and worst-performing assemblies.
To enforce compliance, the Minister directed all MMDCEs to clear public spaces, ceremonial streets, and visible nuisances by 8 a.m. daily, beginning Thursday, September 4, 2025. Assemblies are expected to prioritise drain desilting, removal of waste heaps, and the regular cleaning of markets, schools, lorry stations, and ceremonial routes.
Mr. Ibrahim announced the establishment of a dedicated sanitation call centre where trained personnel will receive complaints and videos from citizens. These reports will be verified and tracked through a central dashboard to monitor assemblies’ responses in real time.
He explained that this will feed into the sanitation league table for assemblies, to be published annually, highlighting the best and worst performers.
To eliminate excuses of inadequate funding, he disclosed that 80 per cent of the District Assemblies Common Fund has already been released, with part earmarked for sanitation activities.
The Minister appealed to the media to intensify public education and urged Members of Parliament to mobilise their communities and hold assemblies accountable. “The success of this renewed sanitation drive depends on the collective will of the people. Cleanliness is first an attitude before it becomes an achievement,” he said.