The Upper East Regional Chairman of Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) William Jalulah has said, to succeed in the fight against Open Defecation, it is time for Assemblies to establish very effective sanitation guards.
The Regional GJA Chairman unveiled the suggestion on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, during the launch of the Upper East Regional Branch of the Media Coalition against Open Defecation (M-CODe).
He said GJA leadership in the region: “We want to assure the administrators of this collation that we will support you in any way we can because, the fight should be collective, collective in the sense that environmental health issues or health issues generally affect everybody”. He assured
He said, as a Region, it calls for everyone’s hands on deck to collectively achieve the target of eradicating Open Defecation (OD)
“I have a few proposals I would want to make and for me, I think that the Municipal Assemblies have a lot of work to do. Over the years, I think they have done their bit but it has not been sustainable enough. Once in a while, you see them make efforts to fight Open Defecation (OD) through the environmental health unit but it has not been sustainable enough”. He stressed
M-CODe, was first introduced in 2018 to help develop the capacity of the media as advocates for improved sanitation, especially with the agenda to eliminate Open Defecation (OD) across the country.
Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/ Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen/M-CODe/Upper East Region
