TAMA ASK TO TACKLE SANITATION AND WATER AGGRESSIVELY

TAMA ASK TO TACKLE SANITATION AND WATER AGGRESSIVELY
The Planning Officer of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly (TAMA), Al-hassan Ibrahim has asked the Assembly to tackled sanitation and water related problems aggressively and revolutionary to in order to do away with the sanitation problems and the perennial water crisis in the Metropolis.
According to the Planning Officer, stringent measures should be put in place by enacting bye-laws to prosecute culprits at the law court. Mr. Ibrahim made this suggestion at a workshop organized by TAMA to review the 2010-2013 sanitation and water development plan for the metropolis.
The workshop which brought together various stakeholders in the sanitation and the water sector, deliberated on challenges and the way forward for the sanitation and water development plan.
The Metropolis over the past decades has been bedeviled with sanitation and perennial water crisis where residents have to work far distances for water.
The plan will among other things form the basis for future investment in water and sanitation, hygiene promotion integration and the promotion of water sources and bodies will also be ensured by collaborating with traditional authorities, communities, landowners and the appropriate Non-Governmental Organizations and public institution to adopt good agronomic practices and resource to manage the sanitation and perennial water crisis in the metropolis.
In a presentation, the Budget Officer of the Assembly, Hope Dziekpor announced that the implementation of the plan will cost 3,120,000 Ghana cedis, explaining that 2,080,000 cedis out of the total cost will be financed by their development partners while the assembly and the beneficiary communities will bear the remaining 1,040,000 cedis.
He further enumerated that the plan is designed to increase sanitation coverage from 20 percent in 2010 to 50 percent by 2013 and also to organize capacity building for effective service delivery.
Participant therefore advised the assembly put up a very strong team on the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) which requires more resources, logistics and commitment of staff to function effectively.