DOSSIER: Sanitation in Ghana

For President Nana Akufo-Addo to achieve his vision of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa there is the need to recruit only qualified people to man the various sanitation offices across the country, a sanitation inclined academic think-tank, Tersus

• 5,000 households lack toilet in Ho Municipality (2018-11-19)
• Chief of Staff urges churches to preach sanitation too (2018-11-14)
• Zoomlion, AMA and Cape Town collaborate to achieve Nana Addo’s vision of clean Accra (2018-11-13)
• MP condemns apathy to sanitation efforts (2018-11-04)
• Zoomlion goes tough on filth (2018-11-02)
• Zoomlion hands over trucks to Assemblies (2018-11-02)
• Madina traders, drivers educated on sanitation and safety practices (2018-11-01)
• Zoomlion, RSML educate Madina drivers, traders on sanitation and road safety (2018-11-01)
• Aggrieved workers besiege Zoomlion regional office in Sunyani (2018-10-18)
• Aggrieved workers besiege Zoomlion regional office in Sunyani (2018-10-18)
• KMA owes GHC100m debt in sanitation (2018-10-18)
• World Vision provides relief items to flood victims (2018-10-18)
• Five Sanitation offenders jailed 30 months over sanitation offences (2018-10-17)
• MCE drinks as Bolga stinks (2018-10-13)
• Kudos to Zoomlion; indeed you are a blessing to Ghana (2018-10-13)
• Zoomlion partners MMDAs to distribute one million free waste bins to households (2018-10-13)
• Maritime Authority responds to Osu Anohor sanitation challenges after Citi TV report (2018-10-12)
• Sanitation Ministry launches project to improve sanitation conditions (2018-10-12)
• Sanitation challenges: Parliament must consider a legislation on plastics – Zanetor (2018-10-11)
• Sanitation: Our attitude and mindset (2018-10-11)
• Stealing of litter bins in Accra reaches alarming levels (2018-10-10)
• We’ll succeed in making Accra Africa’s cleanest city – Sanitation Minister (2018-10-10)
• Sanitation Minister tours Accra; pledges to fulfill Akufo-Addo’s mandate (2018-10-08)
• Alarming theft of litter bins in Accra (2018-10-01)
• Filth in Ghana at crisis level but leadership not thinking well - Medical Doctor (2018-09-28)
• Dustbin thief busted in Kumasi (2018-09-23)
• Environmental Justice Foundation cleans Cape Coast beaches (2018-09-21)
• Bawku West District Assembly moves to improve on water and sanitation (2018-09-21)
• NGO cleans Nima to mark World Clean-Up Day (2018-09-21)
• ‘Media Coalition against Open Defecation’ launched in Accra (2018-09-19)
• Zoomlion drivers withdraw services without official Notice - AMA announces (2018-09-17)
• Zoomlion to introduce innovative technology for waste management – Sekyere Boateng (2018-09-14)
• Let's use social media to promote cleanliness in Accra - Mayor of Accra (2018-09-12)
• Air pollution killing more Ghanaians than AIDS, malaria combined - Muntaka Chasant (2018-09-10)
• Open defecation heightens at Atwedie due to dilapidated toilet facility (2018-09-08)
• British High Commissioner complains about ‘disgraceful’ air pollution near his home (2018-09-07)
• Zoomlion expands strategies to fight filth; provides MMMDAs with 500 trucks (2018-09-06)
• Accra on course to becoming Africa's cleanest city - Mayor (2018-09-04)
• Managing waste: Zoomlion supports MMDAs with 500 waste trucks (2018-08-31)
• Cape Coast youth turn storm drain into football field to check open defecation (2018-08-30)
• Sanitation, water sector to get $2bn Chinese loan (2018-08-27)
• Agbogbloshie Demolition: AMA ‘bullying’ residents to increase revenue – Nii Lante (2018-08-26)
• Banning plastics 'naive, unreasonable, radical' – Professor (2018-08-18)
• Odorkor residents bemoan filthy gutters (2018-08-17)
• Waste to treasure - lessons from afar (2018-08-16)
• We are ready for Sanitation Minister's call - Zoomlion (2018-08-15)
• Awutu Senya East cracks down on improper waste disposal (2018-07-29)
• Ban on plastics will not yield necessary impact – Recycling Entrepreneur (2018-07-20)
• Deal with citizens dumping refuse into drains – Kwesi Amoako (2018-07-20)
• Zongo Ministry, Iran Clinic educate ‘Islamic pupils’ on personal hygiene (2018-07-18)
• Ghana can generate GHC83 billion annually from recycled waste — UNDP (2018-07-17)
• UNDP launches digital platform to promote waste recovery in Ghana (2018-07-14)
• Oneghana Movement engages students of Faith Community Baptist Complex Schools on sanitation (2018-07-12)
• FOGET engages JHS students to contribute to better sanitation (2018-07-05)
• Churches advised to champion advocacy for good sanitation (2018-07-04)
• Operation clean Ghana: Diffusion of Innovation (2018-07-03)
• NASPA-PHMA embarks on clean-up exercise (2018-07-03)
• TMA evacuates heaps of refuse along Tema Motorway (2018-06-27)
• Court fines 11 people GHC16,200 for flouting sanitation laws (2018-06-25)
• Mr. President: Africa’s cleanest city; a charade or a bad commitment? (2018-06-25)
• Garbage takes over Madina highway (2018-06-22)
• Government urged to hasten wash budgetary releases (2018-06-21)
• Government secures $45m to deliver sanitation services (2018-06-21)
• We have to dredge Korle Lagoon to end perennial flooding - Mayor of Accra (2018-06-20)
• Pernod Ricard Ghana holds 8th edition of Responsib’All Day (2018-06-18)
• Ghana Tourism Authority closes down La Pleasure beach resort (2018-06-12)
• GAMA-SWP launches door-to-door household toilet campaign (2018-06-09)
• Traders indiscipline triggered my ‘go sell cocaine’ comment – Simon Osei (2018-06-07)
• Conference on West Africa Building and Construction holds in Accra (2018-06-07)
• ‘Ghana needs holistic ways to fight environmental degradation’ – Prof Mike Oquaye (2018-06-06)
• No cholera case recorded in Accra since 2017 – AMA boss (2018-06-05)
• We have political will to fight sanitation challenges – Kofi Adda (2018-06-05)
• ‘It will be very difficult to ban plastic in Ghana now’ - Professor Frimpong-Boateng (2018-06-05)
• We have spent GHC1.5 million in clearing the city so far - AMA PRO (2018-06-05)
• We’re yet to receive GH¢200m budgetary allocation – Sanitation Ministry (2018-06-05)
• 11 jailed 330 days for sanitation offenses in Accra (2018-06-03)
• 11 persons jailed for 330 days for sanitation offence (2018-05-31)
• Madina MP reiterates commitment to address sanitation challenges in constituency (2018-05-25)
• The fight against filth: I want to see Rwanda in Ghana (2018-05-24)
• TRENDING GH: Backward attitude major setback for 'Accra cleanest city' vision - Ghanaians (2018-05-12)
• 14 arrested for open defecation (2018-05-11)
• AMA arrests 15 persons for open defecation (2018-05-11)
• GHC1.5m spent on dredging Accra drains (2018-05-10)
• Inadequate landfill sites threaten ‘cleanest city’ agenda – Minister (2018-05-10)
• Government to construct 20,000 latrines - Deputy Sanitation Minister reveals (2018-05-10)
• Promoting a culture of waste separation in Ghana: LIC leads the way (2018-05-09)
• Akufo-Addo’s pledge to make Accra clean 2020 impossible – Ebo Botwe (2018-05-07)
• Where do we go from here; filthiness or cleanliness? (2018-05-05)
• US Embassy’s Green Team cleans parts of Accra (2018-05-05)
• 5 communities in Volta Region declared open defecation free (2018-05-04)
• Nowhere to dispose of refuse - Royal Waste CEO (2018-05-02)
• Zongo Ministry clears filth at Nima (2018-05-02)
• Poor sanitation stifles development - Rawlings (2018-04-30)
• Poor sanitation stifling Ghana’s development – Rawlings (2018-04-29)
• Zongo Ministry embarks on clean–up exercise (2018-04-27)
• OneGhana Movement launches dustbin project (2018-04-27)
• Civil society groups demand action to end plastic pollution (2018-04-26)
• ‘Adopt a bin’ campaign launched to ensure clean Accra (2018-04-25)
• TMA wants ‘borla taxis’ banned from plying motorway (2018-04-24)
• Everyone is responsible for making Accra the cleanest city worldwide – Rev. Joyce Aryee (2018-04-24)
• 145 prosecuted for sanitation offences (2018-04-22)
• GH¢99m state money for sanitation under Mahama vanishes (2018-04-20)
• ESPA demands government pay debt owed them (2018-04-19)
• Debts owed waste service providers a major cause of Ghana’s waste challenge - Jospong (2018-04-19)
• GHC99m plastic waste levy missing - Minister (2018-04-19)
• GH¢99 Million state money for sanitation vanishes (2018-04-19)
• Scavenging: A means of livelihood and solution to filth in Kumasi (2018-04-19)
• Waste Management: ‘Gigantic leaps not small steps needed’ - Kwabena Agyepong (2018-04-17)
• IMANI launches report on National Sanitation Forum (2018-04-17)
• Clean up exercises will eradicate poverty - Zongo Minister (2018-04-15)
• NGO sensitises school children on good sanitation through game (2018-04-15)
• Rubbish taking over major streets of Kasoa (2018-04-14)
• Chinese man living in Ghana ordered to pick trash from gutter after littering (2018-04-13)
• Assist government to solve Accra sanitation crisis – Rawlings to Ghanaians (2018-04-12)
• STMA engages communities on development plans (2018-04-12)
• Tourism Ministry sets up task-force to tackle filth at Nzulezu (2018-04-09)
• AMA deploys sanitation taskforce to enforce by-laws (2018-04-08)
• AMA launches ‘sanitation police’ to deal with offenders (2018-04-05)
• Taskforce set up to stop open defecation (2018-04-05)
• Christians urged to desist from polluting the environment (2018-04-03)
• Join crusade in keeping Ghana's water bodies clean - Former President Rawlings (2018-04-03)
• Enforce sanitation bye-laws to ensure cleaner Accra – Palmer-Buckle (2018-04-03)
• Bring back 'door-to-door sanitation officers' - Togbe Atatim (2018-03-30)
• One of Africa’s most promising cities has a trash problem (2018-03-26)
• One of Africa’s most promising cities has a trash problem (2018-03-26)
• Open defecation: Tourists vow never to swim at Ghana’s beaches (2018-03-23)
• One house, one waste bin will solve sanitation issues – Jospong (2018-03-21)
• Sanitation: I don’t control sweepers; Accra mayor shifts blame (2018-03-21)
• AMA to operationalize five sanitation courts (2018-03-21)
• Provide capital for private sector to deal with waste - Jospong (2018-03-21)
• Tema MCE allegedly delays waste treatment project over 10% shares (2018-03-19)
• Filth collapsing Kaneshie market – Market queen cries out (2018-03-17)
• Expect more sanitation prosecutions – Minister warns (2018-03-16)
• Five photos of Japanese gutters that prove Japan is far ahead of Ghana (2018-03-16)
• Three jailed 2 years for indiscriminate dumping of waste (2018-03-15)
• How about Ghana beyond filth? (2018-03-14)
• Kumasi Waste: ‘Aboboya’ to the rescue (2018-03-13)
• Zoomlion can’t be blamed for sanitation woes – Vanderpuije (2018-03-12)
• Start training KG kids on sanitation – GHS (2018-03-12)
• Kofi Adda goofed; sanitation problems cannot be blamed on Zoomlion (2018-03-12)
• Start training Kindergarten kids on sanitation – Ghana Health Service (2018-03-12)
• Kofi Adda wrong in blaming Zoomlion – Environmental Service Providers Association (2018-03-12)
• Kofi Adda may have goofed; Ghana’s sanitation problems cannot be blamed on Zoomlion (2018-03-11)
• Zoomlion Foundation intensifies sanitation education campaign (2018-03-10)
• Jospong CEO pushes for ‘Waste System Beyond Aid’ agenda (2018-03-10)
• Blame Zoomlion for filth in Ghana – Sanitation Minister (2018-03-10)
• 'Everywhere is clean' - Zoomlion boss triggers laughter at sanitation forum (2018-03-09)
• Everywhere is neat; Accra is the new London – Zoomlion CEO (2018-03-09)
• Sanitation Minister was ill-informed – Zoomlion hits back (2018-03-09)
• Sanitation Minister blames Zoomlion for filth in Accra (2018-03-09)
• Forget a clean city if our attitude does not change – Director- General, GHS (2018-03-08)
• A letter to a filthy nation: The rains are coming! (2018-03-07)
• Sanitary conditions to improve by June this year – Kofi Adda (2018-03-05)
• Samson’s Take: Sanitation, euphemism for corruption in Ghana? (2018-03-04)
• AMA dredges drains in massive cleanup exercise (2018-03-03)
• AMA announces clean-up exercise on March 3 (2018-03-02)
• Address sanitation challenges immediately - OccupyGhana tells government (2018-03-02)
• Give AMA more control to ensure proper sanitation – Accra Mayor (2018-03-01)
• No pleasurable experience at La Pleasure Beach (2018-02-28)
• Data on waste generation outdated (2018-02-28)
• I have only 8 staff – Sanitation Minister laments (2018-02-28)
• Change of mindset solution to sanitation problems – Joyce Aryee (2018-02-27)
• Government secures lands for waste transfer points (2018-02-27)
• The 'borla' ministry and Mahama's self-discipline (2018-02-27)
• Decongestion in Accra reduces waste collection by 30% (2018-02-24)
• Kennedy Agyapong proposes flogging as a means of keeping Ghana clean (2018-02-24)
• We’re not cheating sanitation staff – Zoomlion (2018-02-23)
• Accra ‘will see a remarkable difference’ by June – Sanitation Minister assures (2018-02-22)
• Enforce the law or face it - Deputy Minister warns MCE over factory pollution (2018-02-20)
• Release funds from PWRF to tackle sanitation problems in the country – IMANI to gov’t (2018-02-15)
• Water and sanitation sector needs qualified workers – Expert (2018-02-15)
• Sanitation Minister should not be sacked – Sanitation expert (2018-02-15)
• Give us the needed support and we’ll make Ghana clean - Jospong to Akufo-Addo (2018-02-13)
• 50 communities in Lawra District declared Open Defecation Free (2018-02-12)
• Kaneshie Market now the hub of rubbish (2018-02-12)
• Biogas: A clean waste treatment option for Ghana (2018-02-09)
• Sanitation problem will not be fixed overnight - Kofi Adda (2018-02-08)
• I wasn't appointed to be a 'borla man' – Adda (2018-02-07)
• Sanitation: Don’t expect overnight solutions – Adda (2018-02-07)
• I’ve been effective – Sanitation Minister fights back (2018-02-07)
• RE: I wasn't appointed to be a 'borla man' – Adda (2018-02-07)
• Residents turn public toilet facility into accommodation at Adenta (2018-02-05)
• Accra city authorities urged to be committed to enforcing bye-laws (2018-02-03)
• Accra is filthy but we will make it the cleanest in West Africa - Regional Minister (2018-02-02)
• Squatters at Tema Motorway Roundabout ordered to evacuate (2018-02-02)
• Master plan to manage waste in Accra in the offing (2018-02-01)
• Government secures $3m for national sanitation master-plan (2018-02-01)
• Decongestion: AMA sacks 11 guards for extortion (2018-02-01)
• Sanitation: Going on social media wrong – Adda to Australian High Commissioner (2018-01-29)
• We still haven't been paid - Coastal Sanitation Workers fume (2018-01-29)
• Ashaiman Court fines 3 traders GHC3,600 for sanitation offences (2018-01-27)
• ‘Borla taxi’ operators urged to patronize waste transfer stations (2018-01-10)
• Stop eating 'shit’ - GAMA warns Ghanaians (2017-12-23)
• We can't fix Ghana’s sanitation issues in 10 months – Deputy Minister (2017-12-20)
• Sanitation Minister voted worst minister in Akufo-Addo’s government (2017-12-14)
• Social media users want Sanitation Minister sacked (2017-12-13)
• AMA takes inventory of gas-emitting installations (2017-12-10)
• Assemblies must seek private partnerships to tackle sanitation concerns (2017-12-09)
• Shops, markets to close for AMA clean up exercise on December 2 (2017-12-02)
• Ten in court for improper disposal of refuse (2017-12-02)
• TMA should lead the sanitation drive by cleaning its gutters (2017-12-01)
• Eight fined for improper refuse disposal (2017-11-30)
• After launch of National Sanitation Campaign, what next? (2017-11-29)
• Let’s work together to keep nation clean and green – Rawlings (2017-11-28)
• Three persons fined GHC1,080 for illegal dumping of refuse (2017-11-27)
• Recruit competent people for sanitation offices – Think tank (2017-11-25)