743 The Media Coalition Against Open Defecation (M-CODe) has called on the government and development partners to extend the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area (GKMA) Sanitation and Water Project (GKMA, SWP) to other parts of the country. Mr. Francis Ameyibor, the M-CODe National Convenor, has stressed the need for expansion to ensure that the citizenry outside […]
Sanitation
Reclamation of lands affected by sand winning begins in Ketu South
533 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 […]
Open Defecation:A threat to public health-World Vision Technical Specialist
576 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 […]
Ngyinamoabakam Toilet Project Delays with no sense of urgency
596 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
557 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
810 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
877 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
1,053 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
571 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
458 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 […]