Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Frederick F. Faidoo, said the Assembly had cleared longstanding waste heaps, improved waste collection schedules and reduced incidents of overflowing communal waste containers through intensified sanitation operations.

He made this known in his sessional address at the Assembly’s third general meeting in Sekondi, where he outlined interventions undertaken since the previous meeting in July 2026.

Mr Faidoo said the Assembly had also organised clean-up exercises in collaboration with community leaders, market associations and youth groups to promote environmental cleanliness and encourage community participation.

To improve waste collection and disposal, he said the Assembly had secured a temporary arrangement with a private service provider to provide an additional skip truck and restored its heavy-duty backhoe loader to full operational capacity for drain desilting and waste evacuation.

He added that operational improvements had been undertaken at the engineered landfill site to enhance waste disposal and facilitate vehicle movement, while managers of communal container sites had been engaged on approved operating hours, site cleanliness and compliance with franchise agreements.

Security and disaster preparedness

On security, Mr Faidoo said the overall situation in the metropolis had remained largely peaceful and stable, attributing this to the efforts of the Metropolitan Security Council, the Ghana Police Service and other security agencies.

He said collaboration with Assembly Members and security personnel had been strengthened through community patrols, intelligence sharing and the monitoring of suspicious activities.

The MCE added that the Assembly had intensified the installation of streetlights in selected areas to improve visibility, deter criminal activities and enhance public safety, particularly at night.

On disaster preparedness, he said the Assembly, through the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and other relevant agencies, had strengthened emergency response mechanisms through safety inspections, structural hazard assessments and training programmes for Community Disaster Volunteers.

He said joint clean-up exercises had also been undertaken to address flood-related hazards, while public education and enforcement activities had been intensified against excessive noise pollution, reckless motor riding and other public nuisances.

Mr Faidoo disclosed that relief items, including rice, cooking oil, mattresses, soap, detergents and maize, had been mobilised and distributed to 65 people affected by the recent