Sanitation

1,139  Source: Ivy Setordjie and John Seshie Bixsen   Sand-winning companies have commenced a one-week land reclamation exercise at Kpoglu in the Ketu South Municipality. The companies namely; H2KA Limited, Volta Marbles and Rocks Quarry Limited, and Rich Arrow Limited have been winning sand in the Ketu South Municipality legally for some time now. Their […]

1,249    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 […]

1,290  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 […]

1,197  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 […]

1,442  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 […]

1,512  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 […]

1,687  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 […]

1,181  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 […]

1,034  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 […]

1,215  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 […]