The Christian Council of Ghana has thrown its support behind President John Mahama’s declaration of a two-day national clean-up exercise, urging churches, Christian groups and the wider public to take part in the July 10 and 11 campaign aimed at tackling the country’s worsening sanitation and flooding challenges.

In a statement issued on Thursday, July 9 and signed by General Secretary Rev. Dr. Cyril G.K. Fayose, the Council described the initiative as a timely intervention that should trigger not only cleaner communities but also a deeper national commitment to environmental responsibility, volunteerism and lasting behavioural change.

The Council said Ghana’s sanitation crisis – marked by indiscriminate waste disposal, choked drains, recurring floods, sanitation-related diseases and pollution – demands a united response from government, citizens, faith-based groups and civil society.

It stressed that environmental cleanliness should not be treated as an occasional civic activity but as a continuous moral and spiritual responsibility.

According to the Council, caring for the environment is both a civic duty and an act of faithful stewardship, rooted in the Christian obligation to protect God’s creation and safeguard communities for future generations.

It therefore called on Christian denominations, churches, para-church organisations, ecumenical bodies and the general public to actively participate in the clean-up exercise and embrace environmental care as a sustained way of life.

The Council also used the occasion to highlight its recently launched Environmental Care and Cleanliness (ECC) Programme, themed “A Clean Environment – Our Responsibility!”, which it said will be intensified through church mobilisation, door-to-door public education, community clean-up campaigns, youth volunteer activities and social media advocacy.

It further appealed to corporate organisations, philanthropic foundations, development partners, civil society groups and other stakeholders to partner with the Council in implementing the ECC programme from May 2026 to May 2028.

The statement called on Ghanaians to use the national clean-up exercise as a turning point in the country’s fight against poor sanitation and environmental neglect.