Sanitation

877  Yesterday, March 4, 2025, marked a significant milestone for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ghana, as the Environmental Protection Authority Ladies Association (EPALA) was officially launched at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Naa Deide Chamber. The launch ceremony brought together patrons of EPALA, staff of EPA, sister institutions, and the media to celebrate women’s unity […]

754  The Ashanti regional Minister, Dr. Amoakohene has commissioned a Ministerial Committee on Sanitation and City Greening. The move is a decisive step towards restoring Kumasi’s status as the Garden City and ensuring a cleaner, healthier environment for all. Developing strategic policies to improve waste management and urban greening. Coordinating sanitation efforts across communities, markets, […]

761  The Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, in collaboration with the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, is organizing a massive clean-up exercise at Allabar on Thursday, March 6, 2025, as part of the Independence Day celebrations. The exercise aims to promote cleanliness and sanitation in the community, and the public is invited to join in and […]

860  Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, MP – Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, has issued a stern warning to operatives of illegal mining in the country, stating that the war being waged by the government against this menace will be relentless, retributive, fair, and firm. According to him, the government has set out to achieve […]

1,527  Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, has made a clarion call to all miners in the region to bring their mining leases to the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) to ensure responsible mining practices. This move is aimed at preventing mining in forest reserves and water bodies, as well as holding accountable those who fail […]

931  In a swift response to allegations of insanitary conditions, the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and Environmental Health Officers in Kumasi have shut down the Kenkey Mill opposite Adehyeɛ Market, effective immediately. The decision follows a joint assessment of the premises on Thursday, February 20, 2025, which revealed violations of Section 52 of the […]

1,007  By: Dr Enoch Kusi-Yeboah The study was motivated by reports indicating a decline in the mining sector’s productivity. The McKinsey Productivity Index (2020) reported a 28% drop in performance over a decade, and the World Bank (2020) highlighted an annual decline of 3.5%. Similar trends were observed in leading mining economies like South Africa, […]

833    Ghana’s Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Murtala Mohammed, has vowed to take tough action against those responsible for illegal mining, also known as galamsey. Speaking during his first official visit to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Minister Mohammed emphasized that his ministry will not go easy on those found guilty, regardless […]

923  The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has issued a one-month ultimatum to owners of excavators and mining equipment operating along the banks of the Birim River to remove their machinery from the area or face confiscation. This directive comes after a report from the Ghana Water Company Limited revealed a high level of turbidity […]

1,015  The ministry of sanitation has been asked to enforce the law guiding sanitation and to make sure all houses in Ghana have toilet facilities. Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, former constituency chairman of the New Patriotic Party in Afigya Kwabre South in the Ashanti region who made the suggestion further indicated,public toilets are for strangers […]