The Mayor of Cape Coast, Hon. George Justice Arthur, has issued a stern warning to residents and particularly commercial drivers within the Metropolis to fully comply with the Assembly’s scheduled clean-up exercise or risk having their vehicles seized.
The clean-up exercise, which forms part of the reintroduction of President John Dramani Mahama’s National Sanitation Day, will be held on Saturday, July 5, 2025, and is set to continue on the first Saturday of every month.
“We have started a reset agenda and we are resetting Ghana. Reset agenda started with the President, the day the president assumed office. So, we’ve all been directed by the President to continue with the resetting agenda,” he said.
“For instance, coming Saturday, we are going to embark on a massive sanitation exercise. I have called all well-meaning cape coasters and everybody within the jurisdiction to join this sanitation exercise, the pending sanitation exercise. We are starting from 6 am to 10 am.”
During a media engagement, Mr. Arthur emphasized the Assembly’s determination to enforce the sanitation initiative across Cape Coast as part of efforts to transform the city into the cleanest in Ghana.
“We have ordered that there shouldn’t be any car moving anywhere. We are all going to partake seriously to ensure that we sanitize cape coast, cape coast becomes a very clean city,” he emphasized.
He called on all residents to actively participate in the monthly exercise, which begins from 6:00 am to 10:00 am, as a collective effort to rid the city of filth and promote a clean, hygienic environment.
“As I have actually said and as I have actually stated in my 120 day, and in my vision as well to make this city the cleanest city.”
In addition to sanitation efforts, the Mayor provided updates on the Assembly’s ongoing demolition of weak and dilapidated structures in the metropolis, following recent incidents of building collapses.
George Justice Arthur stressed that the Assembly remains committed to pulling down buildings deemed unsafe while working to restore historically significant structures that are still structurally sound.
The Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly has assured the public that these measures are necessary to ensure safety and maintain the city’s historical integrity.
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Source: Comfort Sweety Hayford/ATLFMNEWS
