All assemblies must enact Bye-Laws to eradicate Poor Sanitation

POOR SANITATION

It has been revealed that, the assemblies within the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly are preparing grounds to enact bye-laws to deal with poor sanitation in the assembly.

This was revealed to FILASCO DE GENERAL by the Presiding Member of Kwadaso Municipality, Hon. Kwame Boakye at Bohyen during a presentation of gifts to widows in the Presbyterian Church.

He admonished to Ghanaians to take sanitation as their first priority.

Sanitation is the process of keeping places clean and healthy, especially by providing a sewage system and a clean water supply. ...the hazards of contaminated water and poor sanitation.

Lack of proper sanitation causes diseases. Most of the diseases resulting from sanitation have a direct relation to poverty. The lack of clean water and poor sanitation causes many diseases and the spread of diseases.

Poor sanitation is one of the most accurate indicators of urban poverty and health problems.(1) According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 600 million urbanites live in low quality shelters or other areas plagued by overcrowding and inadequate provision of sanitation services, including potable water and ...

To the Presiding Member, sanitation must be a shared responsibility amongst citizens.