President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the Cabinet will soon deliberate on the decentralisation of the national sanitation budget to empower districts to take full responsibility for managing their sanitation needs.
According to the President, once the proposed budget is approved, each district will handle its sanitation issues, making local accountability central to the country’s sanitation drive.
Speaking during a durbar at the Old Ghanata Astroturf in Dodowa, Greater Accra, on Friday, May 16, as part of his ongoing ‘Thank You Tour’, President Mahama stressed that cleanliness will become a key performance indicator for Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs).
“Cabinet will soon meet on a decentralisation of the sanitation budget and make every district responsible for its own sanitation,” Mahama stated.
He further announced plans to revive the National Sanitation Day programme, making it a legally backed, properly funded monthly exercise, rolled out through collaboration between local assemblies and private sector stakeholders.
“Cleanliness will become one of the key performance indicators for measuring the performance of MMDCEs and will determine whether they will remain in office or be removed. We will begin to observe the National Sanitation Day programme every month.
“This will be a monthly exercise involving all Ghanaians. This time it will not be a symbolic event, it will be legally backed, properly funded, and it will be operationalised through partnerships with local assemblies and private sector providers,” he said.
Expect more good news in mid-year budget – Mahama
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