The Grassroots Alliance for Progress (GAP), a civic organisation aligned with the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has commenced a clean-up exercise to strengthen sanitation efforts in the Krowor Constituency.

The exercise took place on Saturday, May 2, 2026, along Spintex Road near OneGhana Pub, coinciding with Ghana’s National Sanitation Day, observed on the first Saturday of every month.

The initiative is being carried out under the theme “Empowering the base, building the future.” GAP is committed to empowering communities and strengthening democratic processes by amplifying voices at the NDC grassroots level.

The organisation also focuses on equipping community members to participate actively in both local development and party organisation, with the objective of creating sustainable impact.

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Krowor, Paul Afotey Quaye, indicated that the clean-up exercise requires the involvement of stakeholders. However, he stressed that no single individual can resolve the sanitation challenge in the constituency.

According to him, stakeholder engagement in sanitation issues can help reduce the problem and contribute to building a stronger future.

He further expressed gratitude to GAP for taking the initiative to embark on the sanitation exercise in the streets of Krowor.

"I will seize opportunity to highly commend Grassroots Alliance for Progress for initiative. I know that there are many Municipalities in the various locations they could have chosen but street of Krowor became one of the places they chose.

"And so I will commend them to let them know that as an assembly we look forward for many such partnerships, I was also telling your leader that we have a group like yours that we've made a part of our sanitation strategy. 

"So is more or less becomes a source of employment, we have young people we call them the Krowor Clean Force when you go online you'll see them, very active group.

"Is to tell you that if you stay true to this calls understand they're around so if you stay true to this calls the Krowor Municipal Assembly under my leadership will always be happy to partner you," he expressed.

The MCE supported the exercise with GHS 2,000.00, in addition to plastic water, to assist with the sanitation programme.

Meanwhile, Isaac Ngula Batun, the National Director for GAP, stated that clean-up exercises form part of the organisation’s activities to sensitise the public on the importance of keeping the environment clean.

In an interview, Mr. Ngula Batun encouraged young people to participate in sanitation projects, stating that such involvement can create jobs and help reduce unemployment in the country.

"As part of our activities, cleanup is one of the major things that we usually embark on as a group in other to sensitize the people on the need for keeping the environment clean.

"As part of our long term objectives, we're looking at encouraging a lot of young individuals, now that we think there's issues concerning employment within the country. 

"We feel that we can encourage individuals to go into sanitation entrepreneurship so the main plan is basically to encourage the young people to set-up small-small businesses with sanitation. 

"They contact their various assemblies, municipals such that they can support them, at least if we have young people about hundred cleaning their community we believe that some of the assemblies or the municipals can also give them some form of subvention of which they can use to help," he opined.

The Assembly Member for Okpoi-Gono electoral area, Chris Yahesu, also commended GAP for the sanitation exercise, describing the situation as a major concern.

He noted that the assembly, including himself, has cleaned the place about three or four times; however, after a few days, the situation returns to the same condition.