Nominee for Sanitation Minister, Lydia Alhassan has emphasised the crucial need for attitudinal change in achieving President Akufo-Addo's vision of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa.

She said this when she appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

Addressing the committee, the Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon explained that while infrastructure investments and provisions have been made, the key to achieving cleanliness in Accra lies in the attitude of its residents.

"Provisions have been made, all the infrastructure investments have been made. What we have is attitudinal, the persons… to ensure that we keep our environment, our workplaces, the market, wherever we find ourselves, to ensure that we all join in this noble call to achieve the purpose or the target that the President has set not only for himself but for us all."

She added that it is not solely the responsibility of the President, but rather a collective effort of all Ghanaians.

"I will say that it's not really about the President. It's about us, it is about Ghanaians’ attitude towards cleaning Accra," Mrs Alhassan stated.

The nominee also urged citizens to actively participate in keeping their surroundings clean and to take ownership of their environment.

In 2017, President Akufo-Addo pledged to make Accra the cleanest and best city in Africa by the end of his first term of office.

“The commitment we are making and which I want you all to make with me, is that by the time we end our four-year term, Accra is going to be the cleanest city in Africa,” he stated.

Seven years down the line, the dream is yet to see the light of day.

But the incoming Sanitation Minister insists it is a call worth pursuing and she is committed to seeing it through with the help of citizens.