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The\nMunicipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Yendi, Mr. Hammed A. Yussif, has announced\na 31st<\/sup> December 2019, for the end of open defecation in the Northern\nRegion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He made the\nannouncement during this year\u2019s national sanit"},"modified":"2019-09-02T11:53:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T11:53:25","slug":"nr-set-date-for-end-to-open-defecation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/02\/nr-set-date-for-end-to-open-defecation\/","title":{"rendered":"NR Set Date For End To Open Defecation"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

The
\nMunicipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Yendi, Mr. Hammed A. Yussif, has announced
\na 31st<\/sup> December 2019, for the end of open defecation in the Northern
\nRegion.<\/p>\n

He made the
\nannouncement during this year\u2019s national sanitation expo launched in Yendi,
\nduring which he said the Yendi Municipal Assembly targets ending it by 30th
\nNovember, 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an
\nassembly and with support from the United Nations International Children\u2019s
\nEmergency Fund (UNICEF), we have implemented and continue to implement various
\nactivities such as Community Led Total Sanitation(CLTS), social norms advocacy
\ninitiatives and strategies including sanitation marketing (SANMARK) among
\nothers, to changing the behavior of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The MCE said
\nthere was the need to enforce the bye-laws of the Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts (MMDAs) to their
\nlogistical conclusion; and encourage the Environmental Health Units of all
\nassemblies not to hesitate to prosecute all sanitation offenders in their
\nrespective areas of jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

He called
\non landlords to endeavor to include toilet facilities in their plans when they
\nare putting up buildings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe
\nSpatial Planning Committees and the Technical Sub-Committees of the various MMDAs
\nshould ensure that all building plans have toilet facilities in the plan before
\nthe building permits are issued.\u201d<\/p>\n

A survey
\nconducted by UNICEF and the World Bank in 2018 shows that only 12 per cent of
\nhouseholds in Northern Ghana have access to toilet facilities.<\/p>\n

The survey
\nagain revealed that 48 per cent of Ghanaians practice hand washing with soup.<\/p>\n

It is
\nestimated that 842,000 people die annually from sanitation related diseases.<\/p>\n

In Ghana,
\nstatistics also show that only 21 per cent of Ghanaians have access to improved
\nhousehold latrines, where as the remaining 79 per cent defecate in the open.<\/p>\n

A regional and district sanitation league table has been established to access performance of MMDAs in the fight against sanitation related issues in the region.<\/p>\n

FROM Eric Kombat, Yendi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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