Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has criticized the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the constituency for allegedly locking up a public toilet facility belonging to the Effutu community.
According to the Minority Leader of Ghana’s Parliament, the situation has denied many residents and school children where the toilet is situated with access to a decent public place of convenience.
The Member of Parliament laments the growing concerns from the community to have the 10-seater public toilet which was built in 2016 in honour of the late Professor John Evans Atta Mills opened to the public.
Afenyo-Markin who was speaking at the commissioning of a six-unit classroom block for Effutu AME Zion A, B, C noted that although the toilet facility is situated on the compound of the school, students resort to open defecation in the bushes.
“Director of Education, I want to appeal to you and the head teacher of the school including the assemblyman to take action on this matter. I understand that it’s a 10-seater toilet facility and does not augur well to see it closed. The Police must be involved in this fight to ensure that the toilet is given back to the student and the community,” the Effutu Legislator said.
“Ghana’s democracy has gotten to a level where we need not engage in such a shameful act. I am also ready to support,” Afenyo-Markin said.
Headmaster of AME Zion Basic A, B, C Raymond Abban-Baidoo lamented the struggle endured by teachers and students alike, adding that teachers are sometimes forced to go home to attend to a place of convenience which affects teaching hours.
“We are grateful to the MP for the construction of the six-unit classroom block but like Oliver Twist said we will still ask for me. The school is faced with a serious challenge of a place of convenience. The primary sections are using the compound as their toilet place, the Upper Primary and JHS have been going to the lagoon and the bush.
“Teachers go home when the need arises and this is affecting teaching and learning. We are pleading with the stakeholders gathered here to build a new one or if possible renovate the old one to save the over one thousand one hundred and fifteen learners from a cholera outbreak,” Raymond Abban-Baidoo said.
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