{"id":318702,"date":"2017-05-13T08:29:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T08:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=318702"},"modified":"2017-05-13T08:29:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T08:29:30","slug":"govt-to-set-up-national-sanitation-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/govt-to-set-up-national-sanitation-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t to set up National Sanitation Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources has hinted of plans to set up a National Sanitation<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Authority to manage issues of sanitation in the country.<\/p>\n According to the sector minister, Joseph Kofi Adda, the Authority will help to effectively tackle the country\u2019s sanitation problem, which has over the years proven to be a difficulty for successive governments.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”XTfB9xCh9LsAWzYCuoxt2sRm6WXrq2lN”]Speaking at a ceremony to launch Jekora Ventures Limited (JVL) Fortifer Compost Plant on Thursday, Joseph Kofi Adda said addressing the sanitation challenge of the country was a priority of the Akufo-Addo government.<\/p>\n He said his outfit was committed to revising the country\u2019s sanitation policy to make it cleaner.<\/p>\n \u201cEnvironmental sanitation is one of our top priority, it is in line with this that the President has declared that we make Accra one of the cleanest cities<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/a>in Africa. We are currently in the process of revising the environmental sanitation policy to make it more responsive to the rapidly changing focus of the needs of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n He added that \u201cA policy is being developed to get a bill in Parliament where we can set up a National Sanitation Authority to be dedicated to managing the sanitation functions of our country. The National Sanitation Authority will have a director general at the national level, the regional level, and the district level. They will then work with the District management team especially the Chief Executives to ensure that we are able to focus on this job and manage it more effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n