President John Dramani Mahama has issued a bold directive to Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), placing environmental sanitation and infrastructure at the core of his administration’s local governance strategy.
Speaking at the opening of an MMDCEs Orientation and Training Programme in Accra, the President announced the introduction of an annual district performance index that will assess and rank districts based on cleanliness, hygiene, drainage systems, and basic infrastructure.
“Your district cleanliness, drainage, hygiene and infrastructure will be measured, and published each year,” President Mahama declared. “The cleanest district will be named, and the dirtiest district will be shamed.”
The rankings, he explained, will be made public to foster transparency and accountability. Top-performing districts will be celebrated, while those that fall short will be publicly identified to spur improvement.
President Mahama stressed that the goal is not to humiliate, but to inspire a culture of healthy competition and results-oriented leadership. “Let your legacy be a clean, green and healthy economy,” he urged the MMDCEs.
He called on local authorities to adopt a proactive and transformative approach to environmental governance, emphasizing that sanitation and sustainable development must become defining features of their tenure.
The initiative is part of a broader push to decentralize sanitation efforts and strengthen local accountability. According to Mertro TV and GNA, the performance index will be backed by legal and financial support, with the revived National Sanitation Day programme also playing a key role in implementation.
President Mahama’s message was clear: districts that rise to the challenge will be rewarded with national recognition, while those that lag behind will face public scrutiny. The new index, he said, is about building a cleaner, more resilient Ghana—one district at a time.
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