Open defaecation gets out of hand around University of Health & Allied Sciences; lecturers, chiefs fingered A resident of Sokode Gbogame, a suburb of Ho in the Volta Region where the University of Health and Allied Science is situated, has revealed on Onua FM’s Yen Nsempa Wednesday, May 2 a disturbing situation of open defecation … Read more
The government has revealed plans to build two waste management plants in all ten regions of the country to improve sanitation. The issue of collection, management and disposal of solid waste, continues to feature prominently in major towns and cities across the country. Speaking to on the sidelines of a forum for a three-year strategic … Read more
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Government wants the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to crack the whip and stop sewage companies from dumping faecal matter into the sea. Speaking to journalists during of a tour of the Lavender Hill Faecal and Mudor Waste Water Treatment Plant in Accra, Chairperson of Parliamentary Select Committee said Parliament … Read more
“Under the past year, headlines have talked of Ghana as the seventh dirtiest country in the world and then we are going backwards compared with other countries… “We were confronted with the fact that one in five Ghanaians uses Ghana as a toilet—defecating daily in the bush, on the beach and in drains. “The rest … Read more
I’m sure all of us would agree that stinking isn’t appealing! We buy various kinds of lotions, perfumes, deodorants, etc. so that we can smell good because we’re all aware of the fact that smelling good is one of the delightful traits in an individual. Who’d say no to being delightful? Yet, have you ever … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama on Friday officially shut down the Lavender Hill in Accra and commissioned replaced it with the new Korle Lagoon Septic Treatment Plant. The project which cost $15 million is public private partnership between Zoomlion and the government of Ghana. It is expected to improve the waste situation in the capital city … Read more
Public toilets – a chain in the line of good sanitation By Alex Blege Public toilets are built in communities to solve issues of open defaecation and prevent diseases in various communities across the country. Its maintenance is crucial to the prevention of diseases – typhoid, cholera, salmonellosis, bacillary dysentery, tuberculosis, anthrax, and parasitic worm … Read more
The Shame of Lavender Hill -Accra’s Greatest Shame Poor sanitation and the inefficient human waste disposal has always been a problem in Accra, Ghana’s largest city. It is not uncommon to see storm drains gradually transforming into dump sites, 35 gallon trash cans bulging and overflowing with trash and human fecal being disposed into the … Read more