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Government is rallying Ghanaians to work towards a Ghana beyond aid - an economic policy mantra.
And one area that Ghana would not need aid is keeping the environment clean. But this straight-forward goal is one which the country is still far from scoring.
Progress is usually short-lived and sporadic. Garbage remains Ghana's biggest baggage and until it can move beyond filth, there is little doubt that it can move beyond anything negative.
A food vendor sells behind refuse around former Vodafone Head Office at Kwame Nkrumah Circle
This is at the banks of a storm drain which stretches from Alajo to Avenor in Accra
A hawker stares at the heap of refuse on the pavement of Kwame Nkrumah Circle
A heap of refuse piled close a storm drain at Carprice in Accra
A gutter filled with plastic waste at Kasoa in the Central Region
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