No Toilet Facility, No Marriage – KEEA Assembly Bares Teeth
The Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem municipality assembly is proposing the inclusion of toilet facilities at the home of men as a precondition for ...
Tag: sanitation
African Heads of State Express Commitment To Advance Immunisation
Heads of State from across Africa have endorsed the Addis Declaration on Immunisation (ADI), a historic and timely pledge to ...
National Sanitation Day: Why It Failed
The National Sanitation Day initiative failed and memories of the event have since ebbed into quiet oblivion. Not a lot ...
There Won’t Be Discrimination; Zongos Will Be Treated Fairly – Minister-Designate
The Inner City and Zongo Minister-designate has promised to fast-track the development of Zongo communities to enhance the livelihood of ...
Open Defecation Killing Tourism
The practice of easing oneself in the open, especially along the country’s beaches, is a major disincentive to the tourism ...
One-House, One-Toilet Will Be One of My Goals
Minister-designate for Sanitation and Water Resources, Joseph Kofi Adda has intimated that the availability of toilet facilities at every household ...
Girls Need Help With Menstrual Hygiene
Adolescence in girls signifies the transition from girlhood to womanhood. Good menstrual hygiene is crucial for the health, education and ...
14 Fined For Defecating In Public
Magistrate Court in Elmina in the Central Region has fined 14 people for openly defecating in an area which is ...
Group Lauds Gov’t Over Sanitation Ministry
Two think tanks, Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) and IRC have commended His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa ...
CONIWAS Lauds Creation of Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources
The Coalition of Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS), has commended government for creating a Ministry dedicated to ...
Akufo-Addo Should Use Independence Celebrations Money To Build Toilets Instead
“Under the past year, headlines have talked of Ghana as the seventh dirtiest country in the world and then we ...
Ghana Ranked 2nd In Open Defecation
Ghana has been ranked as second in Africa in open defecation with 19 per cent of its population resorting to ...
The Main Reason For Illegal Seizures Of Public Toilets By Party Members On Change Of Government
It is very shameful to see a political precedent set for unlawful seizures of public toilets on change of governments ...
Yamoah Ponkoh Lauds Creation of Water & Sanitation Ministry
The former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Ejisu- Juaben municipal assembly Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh has commended the creation of Water ...
NDC MP Lauds Creation of Sanitation Ministry
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Daffiama-Bussei-Isa constituency has lauded the creation of the Sanitation ...
Cholera Outbreak Looms In Kumasi As Heaps of Waste Are Left Uncollected
Heaps of uncollected solid waste within the central business district of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have triggered fears of ...
Residents Alert the Government
By Edwina Ocansey, GNA Accra, Jan. 4, GNA - Residents in Okaikoi Central, despite representation in successive governments, continue to ...
My New Year Resolutions
Accra, Jan. 3, GNA - On the last day of every year, most people reflect on what they were able ...