{"id":464704,"date":"2018-02-15T21:01:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T21:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/15\/water-and-sanitation-sector-needs-qualified-workers-expert\/"},"modified":"2018-02-15T21:01:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T21:01:28","slug":"water-and-sanitation-sector-needs-qualified-workers-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/15\/water-and-sanitation-sector-needs-qualified-workers-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Water and sanitation sector needs qualified workers \u2013 Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 15 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-15<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/95923352.295.jpg\" alt=\"Prof Oduro Kwarteng\" title=\"Prof Oduro Kwarteng\" width=\"295\" height=\"200\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Professor Oduro-Kwarteng said the water and sanitation sector lacks workers with expertise<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518728488_305_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Deputy Director of the Regional Water and Environmental Sanitation Centre (RWESC) at KNUST, Professor Sampson Oduro-Kwarteng, says experts with technical knowhow are needed to improve water and sanitation conditions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that such experienced persons will help address issues of planning and implementing designs for water and sanitation systems, operating and maintaining facilities in the sector as well as monitoring and evaluating the sector to improve service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Ghanaweb at a workshop on human capacity development in the water and environmental sanitation sector, Professor Oduro-Kwarteng asserted that there is a human resource gap in terms of expertise in the water and sanitation sector. <\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cWe need to look at the capacity of the people who are working in the sector. We really need more technical people. We need people who have the technical expertise and skills to be able to deliver. As at now, there is a human resource gap when it comes to the technical aspect of delivering sanitation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>According to Prof Oduro-Kwarteng, \u201cTo improve water and sanitation, we really need the human resources, the people, the workers, to be able to plan and implement the designs of the water and sanitation systems. When it comes to the operation and maintenance, we need the people who will be able to operate and maintain the facilities. When it comes to monitoring and evaluation, we need people who will be doing the monitoring and evaluation to bring about improvement in the service delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T6gD6rC59UU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Professor Oduro-Kwarteng also bemoaned the poor state of water distribution and issues of sanitation in Ghana and called for the engagement of qualified personnel to address the challenges in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ultimate when it comes to water and sanitation is improved service delivery, or in other words, high quality service. Everybody wants to receive high quality service when it comes to water and sanitation. But if you look at what is happening in Ghana, it\u2019s not like that. 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