Audio By Carbonatix
As the world marks World Toilet Day Tuesday, the Environmental Health Officer at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly has given landlords up to six months to provide household toilets for tenants or face legal action.
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Luv FM and Nhyira FM have constituted Sanitation Enforcement Team that has been identifying and prosecuting landlords and institution which direct faecal matter into drains in Kumasi.
This follows the KMA’s realisation that about 40 per cent of residents in Kumasi have no household toilets. And out of this number, 20% share public toilets while the remaining 20% defecates in the open.
Environmental Health Officer of the KMA, Isaac Bassanyin says the assembly is liaising with some financial institutions to provide soft loans for landlords to provide household toilets.
This year’s world toilet day is being marked under the theme; leaving no one behind.
World Toilet Day is a United Nations observance day marked annually on November 19.
The purpose is to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis.
Latest Stories
-
Building collapses at North Industrial Area near Melcom Plus; two trapped as rescue efforts intensify
36 minutes -
‘Free press is a pillar of governance, but fake news won’t be shielded’ – Sam George
2 hours -
Beyond access: The hidden dangers lurking in sanitary pads – A call for safer menstrual hygiene
2 hours -
Ibrahim Mahama, Telecel, and AirtelTigo step up for Ghanaian evacuees from South Africa – Ablakwa reveals
3 hours -
GJA honours JoyNews’ Samson Lardi Anyenini with Promotion of Press Freedom Award
3 hours -
Ablakwa vows to pursue compensation for destroyed Ghanaian businesses in South Africa
4 hours -
“You are treasures, not miscreants!” — Ablakwa fiercely defends Ghanaians evacuated from South Africa
4 hours -
‘Ghana is not second-rated’: Ablakwa challenges returnees from South Africa to build home economy
5 hours -
The intelligent need the ordinary too
5 hours -
SA evacuation: Ablakwa reveals other counterparts are studying Ghana’s airlift strategy
5 hours -
Photos: Second evacuation flight brings home 345 Ghanaians from South Africa
6 hours -
Iran says staff blocked from entering US after players given World Cup visas
6 hours -
South Africa warns Ghana against ‘spectacles’ during citizens’ evacuation
7 hours -
Home at last: 345 more Ghanaians touch down in Accra following raging afrophobia in South Africa
7 hours -
Ukrainian drones target St Petersburg in attack Russia calls ‘unprecedented’
7 hours