The exercise, which started on Monday and ended Tuesday, was also targeted at comple­menting government’s efforts in making Accra the cleanest city in Africa.

In a short address, the Great­er Accra Regional Minister, Nii Kwartei Titus Glover, said the exercise was the second phase of the campaign which started few weeks ago from Ga Mashie areas, and reiterated the need for everyone to keep a clean surrounding.

Mr Glover urged the assem­bly to enforce bye-laws on cleanliness if the need be so as to maintain the successive outcome to be recorded after the exercise.

“If there is the need to enforce the bye-laws on cleanli­ness, please do so to ensure that the efforts put in these two-day exercise would not go to waste,” he advised.

He tasked everyone in La to keep their surroundings clean at all times so as to prevent breed­ing of insects and also prevent illness.

The Municipal Chief Exec­utive for LaDMA, Solomon Kotey Nikoi, said the occasion presented the assembly the opportunity to improve their general sanitation.

Mr Nikoi pleaded with res­idents, traditional authorities, shop owners, traders, transport unions, garages and land lords associations, institutions, corpo­rate bodies to participate fully to keep the municipality clean.

Nii Adjei Koofeh IV, La Shi­kiteli (Kingmaker), commended the assembly for making effec­tive the exercise, and entreated them to extend the activities to reckless drivers who park their vehicles on the streets and also noise makers in the community to bring sanity into the munic­ipality.