The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey on Tuesday, 25th January 2022, held a stakeholders dialogue with the leadership of all Transport Unions, GUTA, Market Queens and some MCEs on the enforcement of the “Operation Clean Your Frontage” Bye-Law and the ban of Motorised Tricycles on highways and principal streets of Accra.
As part of the dialogue, the Regional Coordinating Council together with the stakeholders agreed to have an extensive 2-week sensitisation and clean up exercise. This will involve over 10,000 National Service Personnel, traders, and business operators, to kick start from the 1st February, 2022.
It was also resolved that; all non-unionised public transport operators, also known as ‘Floating drivers’ must move into the various lorry stations to load passengers.
Stakeholders agreed that all traders and hawkers selling at the streets and pavements must move back into the market sheds and stalls.
Operation Clean Your Frontage
‘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.
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey has stated that the “Operation Clean Your Frontage” campaign which is to kick start in February would begin with a mass education and sensitisation programme.
This according to the minister is to ensure that the exercise is not forced on anyone but made to understand in order to achieve the goal of “making Accra work again.”
Mr Quartey said this when he addressed the media at his meeting with some Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives in the region on the implementation of “Operation Clean Your Frontage” in Accra.
The meeting was for the Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies to present their action plans that would aid their discharge of duties when the exercise begins next month.
They included the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Ga East, Korle Klottey, La-Dade Kotopon, Okaikwei North, Ledzokuku, Ablekuma Central and the Adentan Municipal Assemblies.
La Nkwantanan-Madina, Kpone Katamanso, Ablekuma North, Ashaiman, Ningo Prampram, and the Shai Osudoku Municipal Assemblies.
Commending the Assemblies for an impressive piloting exercise of the campaign, he emphasised that the campaign was for the good of the entire country for which everyone had to get on board.