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Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has issued a stern warning to Ghanaians not to litter about on the streets of the region, in their homes and environment.

According to him, as part of measures towards sanitation of the Region, a task force has been set up to enforce the sanitation regulations.

Speaking in an interview with host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo' programme, the Minister revealed that a bye-law has been enacted to check unsanitary practices in the region and, to enforce the bye-law, 3,500 personnel have been recruited and currently undergoing military training to execute the task of keeping Accra clean.

Out of the 3,500, 1,000 personnel have passed the training while the rest continue their training.

The thousand, he stated, will from Tuesday, April 19 begin work by joining forces with about ten thousand (10,000) National Service personnel to go house-to-house and to the streets ensuring the sanitation conditions are met by the residents in the Region.

"I need to put on record that they are not Military people. They cannot fully be military but it is just to shape their psyche . . . They are trained to engage . . . So, there is nothing rambo style about it. It's instilled into them so they can dispatch their duties professionally," he clarified why the military training for the task force.

He added the task force have been trained not to engage in any violent actions while enforcing the laws.

They are advised to be professional and disciplined knowing their service is for ''God and country and not for themselves'', he stressed.

He advised the residents to comply with the sanitation laws and keep their surroundings neat.

With regard to vendors along the road, Hon. Henry Quartey implored them to move their merchandise to the appropriate places authorized by the authorities.