The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development is to work closely with the office of the Chief Justice to set out a day in a week to sit on sanitation cases.
According to the sector minister, Alhaji Collins Dauda, the move formed part of efforts to implement and enforce the sanitation laws of the country.
Alhaji Dauda said this during the ninth edition of the monthly National Sanitation Day (NSD) exercise held in Cape Coast last Saturday.
The exercise which was organised with support from the various security agencies, workers of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, staff of the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly (CCMA)and the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) saw thousands of residents cleaning their various environs and other places of gathering.
The Central Regional Minister, Mr Aquinas Quansah, the Cape Coast Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE),Ms Priscilla Arhin, and the Paramount Chief of Cape Coast, Osabarima Kwesi Attah II, were also present to support the exercise.
The clean up
At the Kotokuraba Market, shops were closed and vehicular movement came to a standstill as traders and drivers helped to clean the area.
While the drivers helped to desilt the choked drains, the market women busily scrubbed the floors and removed cobwebs from their shops.
At London Bridge, a community close to the Cape Coast Castle, participants descended into the drain and cleared it of filth.
Participation commendable
Alhaji Dauda commended the participation and the enthusiasm of the security agencies and the people of Cape Coast in the national sanitation day exercise.
However, he said, it was sad that some residents still showed lukewarm attitude to the exercise.
"I observed that while we were sweeping, some were looking at us with folded arms and were waiting for us to finish so they can open their shops and do their business. This cannot continue to go on", he said.
He, therefore, urged the CCMA and other metropolitian, municipal, and district assemblies (MMDC) to implement the bye laws on sanitation to ensure strict compliance and participation in the national exercise.
Surveillance groups
For his part, Mr Quansah appealed to the people of Cape Coast to sustain the national exercise by participating in it every month.
