{"id":112889,"date":"2015-05-01T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=112889"},"modified":"2015-05-01T06:36:01","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T06:36:01","slug":"upper-east-region-warms-up-for-7th-sanitation-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/05\/upper-east-region-warms-up-for-7th-sanitation-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper East Region warms up for 7th sanitation day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All is set for the 7<sup>th<\/sup> National Sanitation Day (NSD) clean-up exercise, scheduled to take place in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional Capital and its environs, on \u00a0May 2, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The clean-up, which set for every first Saturday of the month,\u00a0 is aimed at instilling in \u00a0Ghanaians the culture of\u00a0 cleaning up the environment to check ecological degradation.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;TRkZfPPKjisPQbB9FelcTtfrw4VHrA4G&#8221;]Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Alhaji Collins Dauda, his two deputies, Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum and Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, and directors of the Ministry will be present in Bolgatanga to partake in the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>At a ceremony in Bolgatanga to hand over sanitation materials to the Regional Coordinating Council, Alhaji Dauda\u00a0 said the items were meant for distribution to the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) to augment the resources of the MMDAs to ensure the success of the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>He said his ministry recognises the role some private sector institutions and Ghanaians at large play in ensuring good sanitary practices and to make the exercise successful.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Dauda said the NSD campaign was launched with the aim of instilling attitudinal change in Ghanaians to clean their environment and control the indiscriminate way of dumping refuse in their communities.<\/p>\n<p>The Regional Minister, James Tiigah, thanked the Ministry for the sanitation materials saying it would help to ensure the sustainability of the exercise in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The items presented were 8672 liter bins, 45 rakes, 45 wheel barrows, 45 shovels, 40 pairs of hand gloves, 50 pairs of wellington boots, 20 cutlasses and three bales of T-shirts.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana was rated among the 10 dirtiest countries in terms of sanitation control by the United Nations, and this had informed the ministry&#8217;s decision to institute the NSD exercise.<\/p>\n<p>The NSD was launched on September 17, 2014 at the Ghana International Trade Fair Centre in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All is set for the 7th National Sanitation Day (NSD) clean-up exercise, scheduled to take place in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional Capital and its environs, on \u00a0May 2, 2015. 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