DENASE, AKOM RESIDENTS PROVIDED WITH NEW TOILET AND SANITATION SITE
The residents of Denase and Akom in the Afigya Kwabre North District in the Ashanti region have been provided with a new modern toilet facility constructed under the Initiative of the assembly member of the area.
Mr Anthony Oteng, the assemblyman of the communities in support by the district assembly was able to raised two edifice facility in the Denase community consists of a 20-seater water closet each for both men and women, 12 bath houses, two each children’s toilets for girls and boys and refuse containers to help promote sanitation standard in the community. Mean while, another 20- seater water closet each for both men and women was built at Akom within the same electoral area in the district to serve the same purpose.
The project was to replace the old dilapidated toilet constructed over 70 years ago, which had become a death-trap to the residents.
On an interview with Hon Oteng by DamakSanitationWatch-News, said the provision of the toilet facilities became necessary because of persistent complaints from the residents including traditional authorities and opinion leaders, as they could not bear the health hazards from the old structure, saying it was also part of his efforts to curb open defecation in the two communities and to minimize environmental related disease such as cholera and typhoid. He said open defecation was a major challenge to the entire electoral area which the assembly will set up a taskforce to continue monitor persons who would still practice open defecating and bring them to book.
Hon. Oteng, commended the District Chief Executive of the district, Hon Acheamfour karikari through whom the initiated project for the two communities in two years ago when he was the DCE for the two districts (Afigya Kwabre North and South).
“This initiative, I saw it laudable, hence the need for me to continue and complete the project to ease the problem of our people and to create a sound environment devoid of diseases,” he said, adding that he would constantly monitor the maintenance of the facility.
By: Akgri M. Daniel
Mr Anthony Oteng, the assemblyman of the communities in support by the district assembly was able to raised two edifice facility in the Denase community consists of a 20-seater water closet each for both men and women, 12 bath houses, two each children’s toilets for girls and boys and refuse containers to help promote sanitation standard in the community. Mean while, another 20- seater water closet each for both men and women was built at Akom within the same electoral area in the district to serve the same purpose.
The project was to replace the old dilapidated toilet constructed over 70 years ago, which had become a death-trap to the residents.
On an interview with Hon Oteng by DamakSanitationWatch-News, said the provision of the toilet facilities became necessary because of persistent complaints from the residents including traditional authorities and opinion leaders, as they could not bear the health hazards from the old structure, saying it was also part of his efforts to curb open defecation in the two communities and to minimize environmental related disease such as cholera and typhoid. He said open defecation was a major challenge to the entire electoral area which the assembly will set up a taskforce to continue monitor persons who would still practice open defecating and bring them to book.
“This initiative, I saw it laudable, hence the need for me to continue and complete the project to ease the problem of our people and to create a sound environment devoid of diseases,” he said, adding that he would constantly monitor the maintenance of the facility.
By: Akgri M. Daniel
