Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Adjei Sowah has said government’s ambitious plan of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa by the year 2020 is “progressing significantly”.

According to him, a careful review of the key performance indicators in that regard shows that, the President’s vision is being actualized despite the low level of technological advancement to collect and manage waste generated in the capital.

“Generally, you will look at the sanitation situation in your country, when you see waste around but you don’t have the infrastructure to carry and process the waste. The various households do not also have receptacle bins to store their waste generated. So there are various indicators you use to assess the progress made so far and then you come to a conclusion whether you are making significant or slow progress.  So far we have made significant progress”, he said on Eyewitness News.

Many have cast doubts about President Akufo-Addo’s promise of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa by the end of his term in 2020 in the face of worsening sanitation crisis in the nation’s capital as city authorities struggle to deal with the situation.


With the deadline around the corner, Ghanaians may not see this dream come through any time soon as the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah some time back extended the timeline from 2020 to 2024.

A few actions have been undertaken to rid the city of its heavy filth including the launch of a national sanitation campaign.

A number of waste bins have also been placed at vantage points to discourage Ghanaians from littering indiscriminately.