Mr Daniel Korda, an official of the Adaklu District National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Saturday urged Ghanaians to see the National Sanitation Day exercise as a civic responsibility.

“The Day embraced by all of us will make our homes and communities clean and tidy,” he said.

He continued that it would also result in the elimination of diseases such as malaria, typhoid and diarrhea.

Mr Korda stated this when he joined the people of Adaklu Kodzobi in a massive cleanup exercise to mark the February 2026 edition of the National Sanitation Day (NSD).

The people desilted gutters in the town, weeded all access roads to the community, picked and burnt all plastics and other waste materials.

The NSD which is to be observed in all communities in the country on the first Saturday of every month was instituted by President John Dramani Mahama to help make the country clean.

Mr Korda said communities that were showing lukewarm attitude to the Day were doing a great disservice to themselves, adding, “monies that they will use on productive ventures will be channeled into seeking medical and buying of drugs.”

He praised the people of the community for their enthusiasm towards the day, saying, “I will not hesitate to say that Kodzobi is the cleanest community in the Adaklu District, and you deserve our commendation.”

Ms Ruth Doris Kobla of the Adaklu District Environmental Health Office entreated communities in the district to emulate the shining example of the people of Adaklu Kodzobi.

She noted with concern that there were a lot of leaders of communities in the district that were reluctant to mobilize their people to observe the day because they did not know its benefits.

Ms Kobla said her office would soon collaborate with community leaders to prosecute those who refused to participate in the exercise in the various communities in the district.

Mr Seth Soglo, a youth leader of the community stated that the community even before the directive of the President was using the first Saturday in a month as their communal labour day.

“The people know the vital role cleanliness played in their well-being,” he said.

He noted that a fine of GHS50 would be imposed on those who “dodged” the day and that those who refused to pay the fine would be reported to the District Environmental Health Officer for prosecution.