By Michael Foli Jackidy, GNA
Ho (V/R), March 04, GNA – The Ho Municipal Assembly has announced plans to commemorate Ghana’s 69th Independence Anniversary with a massive clean-up exercise across the Municipality on Friday, March 6.
The exercise, scheduled to take place from 0600 hours to 1000 hours, forms part of a directive by the President of the Republic of Ghana, for patriotic activities to be organised nationwide to mark the anniversary.
A statement signed by Mr Henry Y. Amesimeku, the Municipal Coordinating Director, said the initiative was aimed at strengthening efforts to maintain Ho as a clean, green and beautiful city, popularly referred to as the “Oxygen City.”
The Assembly indicated that various institutions, churches, and schools had been assigned specific areas within the Municipality to undertake cleaning, clearing, weeding, desilting, and other beautification activities.
The University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) had been assigned the stretch from the UHAS Junction/Roundabout to the Diamond Street Roundabout, while the Electricity Company of Ghana would cover the PWD Junction to CBG area.
It said while Ghana Water Company Limited and the Ghana National Fire Service would clean from PWD Junction to the Regional Police Headquarters, the Regional Police Headquarters and Wallas Academy would cover the stretch from the Headquarters to Lokoe Junction.
Other institutions including the Holy Spirit Teachers Training College, Ho Technical University, OLA SHS, Mawuli SHS, Mawuko SHS, Sokode Senior High Technical School, Ideal College and the Volta Regional Police Training School, had also been assigned various routes within the Municipality.
Again, Health institutions such as the Nurses Training College and the Ho Teaching Hospital would clean from Lemgo Junction to Kings Filling Station, while the Municipal Hospital would cover the area from the Hospital to the Glalah Bridge, the statement said.
Security agencies including the Ghana Prison Service and the Ghana Immigration Service had also been allocated specific areas.
All churches had been tasked to clean the Ho Central Lorry Station and the Market area, while other public and private schools, including basic schools, were to undertake similar activities within and around their school environments.
Chiefs and Assembly Members had also been urged to mobilise their respective communities to participate in the exercise, especially in areas not specifically assigned.
The statement encouraged all residents to participate actively and to dress in Ghana colours or the official colours of their institutions and churches.
The Assembly called on all stakeholders to work together to ensure a successful exercise and to sustain efforts at keeping the Municipality clean, green, and beautiful.
GNA
Edited By: Maxwell Awumah/ Christabel Addo