The Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs has announced plans to relaunch the National Sanitation Day on April 2, 2025.
This forms part of the government’s commitment to improving environmental sanitation and cleanliness nationwide.
The first nationwide cleanup exercise is scheduled for April 5, 2025, and will be observed on the first Saturday of every month.
This initiative aims to reduce sanitation-related diseases while enhancing tourism and local economic development.
To support the programme, the government has allocated GH¢5 million, which will be disbursed across all 16 regions to drive the initiative throughout the year.
“We are looking at the relaunch of the National Sanitation Day. During the NDC administration, we organised the cleanup exercises spearheaded by Honourable Julius Debrah, and we are going to start all over again because we can see that our surroundings are not neat.
“So, on the 2nd of April at Mantse Agbonaa, we are going to launch the National Sanitation Day, which is in the NDC Manifesto that cleanup Ghana and it is one thing His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama is very keen on,” she stated.
Sowah urged all and sundry to participate in the exercise and indicated that a league table would be introduced, with the cleanest municipality or district receiving a reward.
