The Accra Metropolitan assembly appears to be taking a very proactive step by tackling pragmatically the crucial issue of sanitation in the national capital, but we wonder if the way it is going about it is the best way to achieve good results.
A current AMA advertisement in the press reads in part:
ABOLITION OF PAN LATRINES IN THE METROPOLIS BY 2010
ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY
(URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION)
The AMA has taken a decision to ban the use of pan latrines in the Accra Metropolis by the year 2010. The AMA further wishes to bring to the notice of the general public that toilet construction facilities are available in the metropolis. (…)
Wed, 28 May 2008 Regional News
Sanitation Updates 