Cleanup of Koforidua: MCE calls on market leaders and absentee store owners

The New Juaben South Municipal Assembly has summoned all shop owners in the Central Business District, driver unions, and market queens who failed to take part in a communal exercise organised today in Koforidua.

The clean up exercise organised by the new MCE for Koforidua and was largely patronised by the Omanhene of the New Juaben Traditional Area Daasebere Kwaku Boateng III and his sub Chiefs.

Others included contingent from the 1st Infantry Battalion and personnel from the Koforidua Divisional Police Command formed part of pragmatic measures to deal with recurring flooding and poor sanitation in Koforidua.

Justifying reasons for the summons in an interview with Citi News after the cleanup exercise, the MCE Ransford Owusu Boakye indicated that the shop owners will on Monday May 26th, 2025 appear before a committee to explain why they absented themselves from the exercise

Mr Boakye who acknowledged the support from all who took part in the exercise admonished residents in flood prone areas to remain calm as he’s tasked the works department to come up with workable solutions on how the poor drains will be dealt with and if possible demolish structures that needs to be pulled down to make way for flood waters.

Source: CitiNewsroom