81 Mr Yaw Atta Arhin, Water ,Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)Technical Specialist, World Vision Ghana, has stated that open defecation is a threat to public health and urged stakeholders and policy makers at the Water and Sanitation sector to put pragmatic measures in speeding up the progress in the fight against open defecation, as a […]
Sanitation
Ngyinamoabakam Toilet Project Delays with no sense of urgency
80 The Ngyinamoabakam toilet project has faced delays and lack of urgency despite pleas from the locals and media attention. Lawyer Armah Blay, the NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Sekondi Constituency, pledged to help complete the project by the end of 2023, but encountered obstacles from the incumbent MP and the Assembly. Following pressure from Lawyer […]
Sanitation Ministry refutes allegations of promoting 8 sub-professionals
101 The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources has denied allegations that it promoted 8 sub-professionals to positions without following the prescribed procedures outlined in the administrative instructions of the Civil Service. The allegations were made in a petition submitted to the Head of Civil Service by an employee, Thomas Attoh Donkor. He claimed that […]
Manso Nkwanta:100 Acres Of Galamsey Site Reclaimed, Kontihene lauds SSMA
229 Kontihene of Manso Nkwanta who doubles as the Chief for Abransie, Nana Darko Gyau III has commended members of Small Scale Miners Association- Amansie West Zone for reclaiming over 100 acres of mined site at Asarekrom and Nsianan. The District Forestry Commission after the successful reclamation planted over 100 trees on the tract of […]
Monitor activities under community mining scheme -Manso Nkwanta Kontihene to Mireku Duker
313 Manso Nkwanta kontihene ,Nana Gyau Darko III has urged the Deputy Minister for lands and natural resources , George Mireku Duka to monitor the activities under the mining scheme that has been established in Amansie West District. Addressing the deputy minister , at the commissioning of community mining scheme at Amansie West District in […]
Galamsey: Six Chinese, Ghanaian arrested by Operation Halt II in A/R
246 The Operation Halt II team has arrested six suspects found operating at an illegal mining site and also engaging in other poor environmental practices at Mile 9 and other communities in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region. The suspects, six Chinese and a Ghanaian, were found engaging in illegal mining in defiance […]
Mireku Duker launches Atwimanso CMS; 2000 direct jobs to be created
179 The Atwimanso Community in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region came to a standstill on Thursday, 22nd June 2023 as hundreds of residents from the community and nearby towns thronged the town with great excitement and enthusiasm to welcome a responsible and sustainable mining innovation that is set to create 2000 direct […]
Fathers owe it to their children to advise them to abstain from galamsey – Ashanti Regional Minister
96 The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, has said that illicit mining could be easily stopped if fathers intervened and counseled their children about the dangers of galamsey. He stated that fathers have a responsibility to guide and encourage their families in doing the right thing, and hence their role in combating illegal mining cannot […]
Ahafo Ano South West DCE Leads Assembly To Plant Over 300,00 Trees
216 Ahafo Ano South-West District Assembly has through the indomitable leadership of DCE Hon Joseph Frimpong Bonsu planted palm trees at mining sites at Kunsu after their reclamation by same. The exercise has been replicated in other mining areas within the district. Since last Friday, the assembly has been able to plant over 300,000 trees […]
Lands Ministry commends Ghanaians for supporting Green Ghana project to succeed
116 The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has commended Ghanaians for their support and participation in the third edition of Green Ghana Day. “This Project would not have been successful without your contribution” the ministry noted in a statement. “On behalf of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and on my personal behalf, […]