Author Archives: Ben Addo
REJOINDER: SANITATION MINISTRY ‘BLOWS’ $43M WORLD BANK CASH, $ 150M GARID FUNDS – MAHAMA ALLEGES
The attention of the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR) has been drawn to a publication by My Publisher 24, an online news portal on the headline above. The news portal attributed the information in the publication to Former President H.E. John Dramani Mahama. The Ministry hereby states with no equivocation, that no such […]
THE SECOND BAOBAB DISTRICT WASH AWARDS HELD
The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR) in collaboration with USAID and World Vision Ghana have organized the Second Baobab District WASH Awards 2024 in Accra. This year’s awards which was on the theme: ‘Defining the path for water, sanitation and hygiene as a national development priority’, seeks to motivate the Assemblies to do […]
DISCLOSURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN OF THE DECENTRALISED (CONDOMINIAL) SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
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President Akufo-Addo Signs Presidential Compact on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ACCRA, Aug. 28, 2024 – The President of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, today signed a historic Presidential Compact on Water and Sanitation, as part of the government’s commitment to improving public health, increasing climate resilience and ensuring that hard […]
MINISTER’S WORKING VISIT TO THE WATER EXPANSION PROJECT AT DABOASI
The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Hon. Lydia Seyram Alhassan visits Water Expansion Project at Daboase in the Western Region. The water expansion plant when completed will produce 100,00m3/ day (22MGD) of water. The communities to benefit these water expansion project include Takoradi, Effiakuma, Kwesimintsim, Kojokrom, West Tanokrom, Anaji, Sekondi, New Takoradi, Essikado, Apremdo, […]
MINISTER VISITS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AT ASAKAI
The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Hon. Lydia Seyram Alhassan has visited the Sekondi-Takoradi wastewater treatment plant which has been constructed by Zoomlion at Assakai, to receive and treat faecal sludge from Sekondi-Takoradi and its environs. The facility has a 1,000 cubic meter capacity. The Hon. Minister acknowledge the public health benefits of this […]
THE REVISED NATIONAL WATER POLICY LAUNCHED
The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Hon. Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has launched the Revised National Water at Kempinski Hotel in Accra. In her keynote address, the Minister mentioned that the revised National Water Policy recognizes access to water as a basic human right and a resource, which is critical for achieving equitable socio-economic development […]
HOMOWO CLEANUP EXERCISE BEGINS
Nii Ga, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has collaborated with the Greater Accra Coordinating Council, Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR), Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Ministry of Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development, Zoomlion and Others to begin a massive cleanup exercise in […]
Sustainable Faecal Sludge Management (SFSM) project
The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources is implementing the Sustainable Faecal Sludge Management (SFSM) project with support from the African Water Facility (AWF) of the African Development Bank (AfDB), The project seeks to achieve improved health and quality of life of the urban dwellers in un-sewered areas of Ghana through increased access to sustainable […]