President John Dramani Mahama has called on residents to actively participate in the ongoing national cleanup exercise, saying collective action is needed to restore Accra following recent flooding.
Speaking during an inspection of ongoing clean-up activities on the second day of the National Clean-up Exercise at Alajo in Accra, on Saturday, July 11, 2026, President Mahama commended the public response but appealed to those yet to participate to join the effort.
“I want all of us to remember that today is day two of the national cleaning exercise. Yesterday the turnout was fantastic, very good. People came out and helped to clean their neighbourhoods. Today the turnout is also good, but I’m just calling on those who are still in their houses and haven’t come out. Please come out and come and join us so that we clean the city after the flood,” he said.
The President expressed confidence that Accra would recover from the effects of the floods through sustained collective effort.
“I want to thank everybody who’s come out. And those who are still at home, all of you come out. We are doing this together, and Ghana is a resilient country, Accra is a resilient city, and we’ll bounce back better than before,” he said.
The President said the focus of the second day of the exercise was not only to clear drains but also to remove the waste extracted from them to prevent it from being washed back into the drainage system during subsequent rains.
“Yesterday, one of the directives I gave was that in the past, we did these cleanups, we took all the garbage out of the gutters, but we didn’t follow up and come and collect the garbage that is by the roadside. And so when the rain falls, it just washes all the dirt back in,” he said.
