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The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has announced that the National Sanitation Day (NSD) has been rescheduled from April 5 to Saturday, May 3, 2025.
Ibrahim explained that the clean-up exercise will be approached as an emergency operation, with strong backing from environmental service providers and the government to ensure full nationwide involvement.
“The National Sanitation Day on May 3 is going to be an emergency evacuation where all environmental service providers are going to be onboard. They are going to bring their logistics, the government is going to partner with them.
“We are all going to clean, desilt all our gutters, send all the plastic waste to the recycling plant, and then the organic waste to wherever we have to send them. Thankfully, the patronage is being appreciated—people want to come onboard,” he stated.
Ibrahim revealed this to the media on the sidelines of an engagement with key leaders of major Christian religious institutions, including the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG), the Presbyterian Church of Ghana Headquarters, and the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Greater Accra region on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
The meeting formed part of broader consultations with faith-based organizations aimed at galvanizing national support and fostering community participation for the success of the National Sanitation Day initiative.
Ibrahim said the government was working on long-term measures to encourage waste segregation and responsible disposal among citizens. According to him, this will help prevent the spread of diseases like cholera, which still affect some areas.
As part of the sanitation effort, some recycling equipment has been acquired to help manage plastic waste and improve hygiene across the country.
“While a ban on plastics may not be immediately feasible, our primary strategy is to promote recycling. With recycling plants already established in the country, the focus now is on public education and waste segregation,” he said.
Ibrahim also called on Christian leaders to use their platforms, especially during the Easter period, to encourage a national culture of cleanliness and sanitation.
source: citinewsroom.com
