The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Honourable Henry Quartey has stated that, the motive behind “Operation Clean Your Frontage” is not to get people arrested but rather, to enable people understand the concept and get themselves involved.
He made this known in an interview during an engagement of the various Assemblies in the Region to present their action plan towards the commencement of ‘Operation Clean Your Frontage’.
According to the Regional Minister, no individual can get up and implement something without engaging the people and expect that it would work.
He said, there is the need to always engaged with the people and educate them to understand the policy to be implemented so that, they would be part of it and take it as part of their responsibilities.
The Minister disclosed that, a City Response Team is being put in place and that, over 600 people have been screen to undergo through security training and are expected to return from training to take charge of ‘Operation Clean Your Frontage’ by the end of February, 2022.
“I am not to do the work alone. I lead in the beginning so that people would understand but now, the MMDCEs have taken charge of the work and I would stay behind”.
He entreated the citizens not to wait for the Assemblies or the Taskforce to come and tell them to clean their frontage before they do, and urged the media to support the exercise.
The awareness creation according to Hon. Henry Quartey, is gaining grounds saying, people are beginning to understand and urged everybody to come on board.
The Regional Coordinating Council the Minister revealed, would be purchasing trucks and Bulldozers and give to the Assemblies for use when requested but said, the Assemblies would buy their own fuel and also, bear the cost of damages that may occurred to the trucks and bulldozers.
“People say, I am relaxed. No, I am not relaxed but in every Town there is a culture. If you would noticed, since December, our Mothers have been allowed to sell because of the Christmas and now it is over”.
‘Operation Clean Your Frontage’ initiative for the Greater Accra Region was launched last year by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Hon. Henry Quartey which seeks to make it obligatory for all individuals and corporate entities to be responsible for the cleaning and greening of their immediate surroundings.
