{"id":778805,"date":"2020-01-08T20:37:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T20:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/08\/zongo-minister-inspects-inner-cities-project\/"},"modified":"2020-01-08T20:37:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T20:37:41","slug":"zongo-minister-inspects-inner-cities-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/08\/zongo-minister-inspects-inner-cities-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Zongo Minister Inspects Inner Cities Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Dr. Hamid inspecting the facility during the tour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some beneficiaries of an inner<br \/>\ncities sanitation project initiated by the Ministry of Inner Cities and Zongo<br \/>\nDevelopment (MICZD) have commended government for its wisdom in setting up a<br \/>\nministry that caters for the marginalized section of the Ghanaian society.<\/p>\n<p>The project, which was executed<br \/>\nunder the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Water and Sanitation Project,<br \/>\ntargeted 5000 beneficiaries who have been provided with toilet facilities. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cost was borne by a World<br \/>\nBank subsided arrangement and the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Beneficiary communities<br \/>\nincluded Chorkor, Adabraka, Chemue Naa, Osu Alata, Osu Anorhor, London Market,<br \/>\nAkumadjen, Adedantan and Amamomo.<\/p>\n<p>The sector minister, Dr.<br \/>\nMustapha Hamid, on Monday embarked on an inspection tour of completed facilities<br \/>\nwhere scores of beneficiaries expressed gratitude to President Akufo-Addo. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview, a<br \/>\nbeneficiary, Ahmed Bill, who resides at Chorkor, said that some residents had<br \/>\nin the past resorted to open defecation along the coastal beaches in the<br \/>\nabsence of a household toilet facility.<\/p>\n<p>He was, however, hopeful that<br \/>\nsuch condemnable acts would be a thing of the past as beneficiaries would make<br \/>\noptimum use of the facility.<\/p>\n<p>Another beneficiary at Osu<br \/>\nAlata, Sammy Odoi, stressed \u201cwe shouldn\u2019t politicise things. Things for<br \/>\nGhanaians are for Ghanaians. It is not for NPP; it is not for NDC or PPP. So<br \/>\nwhatever we are doing, let\u2019s do it from our heart.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hamid, who was accompanied<br \/>\nby the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA),<br \/>\nMohammed Adjei Sowah, encouraged beneficiaries to take proper care of the<br \/>\nfacilities as the ministry intends to increase the number of facilities in each<br \/>\nhousehold from one to two or more in subsequent years.<\/p>\n<p>In selecting households for the<br \/>\nproject, Mr. Sowah explained that assessing the needs of households was<br \/>\nconducted where households with large numbers who do not have a toilet facility<br \/>\nwere prioritized, while households willing to let out space for the project were<br \/>\nalso considered. <\/p>\n<p> <strong>By Issah Mohammed <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Hamid inspecting the facility during the tour Some beneficiaries of an inner cities sanitation project initiated by the Ministry of Inner Cities and Zongo Development (MICZD) have commended government for its wisdom in setting up a ministry that caters for the marginalized section of the Ghanaian society. 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