Residents and traders of the bustling Kotokuraba Market in Cape Coast have witnessed the Ninfahene of the Oguaa Traditional Area, Nana Kwesi Egyin ll, organize a major clean-up exercise at the market as part of his birthday celebration.

‎The exercise undertaken by the Ninfahene of the Oguaa Traditional Area, having partnered community and sanitation groups like the Buz-Stop-Boys, Justina Efua Hammond Foundation, and the Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO), intends to promote sanitation and environmental cleanliness in the market.

‎The initiative, which brought together volunteers, traders, and local leaders, focused on clearing waste, desilting choked gutters, and educating the public on proper waste disposal practices. 

‎The exercise forms part of ongoing efforts to improve hygiene conditions in one of the region’s busiest commercial hubs.

‎Nana Kwesi Egyin ll speaking to Sompa TV's Eric Annan after the exercise, encouraged other natives of Cape Coast to prioritize the cleaning of their frontage to help enhance tourism in the ancient capital, since Cape Coast is known as the hub of Ghana's tourism.

‎Madam Justina Efua Hammond, CEO of Justina Efua Hammond Foundation also emphasized the importance of maintaining clean market environments to safeguard public health, as she noted that poor sanitation in markets can lead to the spread of diseases, affecting both traders and customers.

‎Anthony Yayerah Tokokuvi, the Central Regional Coordinator for the Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) as well shared the motivation behind his outfit joining the clean-up exercise, as he unleashed that GAYO intends to promote separation of waste right from homes.

‎Adding that intention of such initiative is to have wastes that ends up at the landfill isn't an amassment of various wastes generated at homes in other to have waste plastics recycled and sold to generate income other than becoming a liability to a hygienic society.

‎Sompaonline.com//Eric Annan