Kumasi (Ashanti Region) 18 March ?99

The Ashanti Regional Co-ordinating Council (ARCC) has tasked all residents in the Kumasi Metropolis to undertake special daily cleaning exercises in their immediate surroundings in readiness for the burial of the late Asantehene, Otumfuo Opoku Ware the second on Friday, March 26.

A release from the ARCC signed by Mr S. A. Manu, the Deputy Regional Co-ordinating Director in Kumasi, said the exercise, to be undertaken at electoral and unit committee levels, is to be supervised by all assembly and unit committee members in their respective areas.

To ensure its success, therefore, the ARCC has appealed to all residents to carry along their own tools and equipment. The release said schools and other educational institutions are also expected to clean their school compounds or premises during the period and added that, it is the expectation of the ARCC that all residents of Kumasi will co-operate to make the special clean-up exercise a success.