6.0 MARKET SANITATION
Routine market sanitation was carried out at Aboffour, Anyinasuso New Town and Kokote, the major markets during the quarter by officers stationed in the various Zonal Councils. Market women were given health educated on how to protect cooked foods, fish, meat, gari, sugar etc. from flies and dust.
7.0 PUSHING, SPREADING AND LEVELING OF FINAL DUMP SITES
During the quarter, the unit supervised the pushing, spreading and leveling of one (1) dumping d sites at Kokote. The dumping site was full up and the stench coming out the from the heap was affecting the health of the inhabitants close to the site. The pushing was effected on 13th February, 2024.
Figure 1. Before pushing, spreding and leveling of Kokote dumping site
Figure 2 During, spreading and leveling of Kokote disposal site. 13th February, 2024.
Figure 3. After pushing, spreading and leveling of Kokote dumping site. 14th February, 2024.
7.0 CLEAN UP EXERCISES
Poor sanitation resulting from the practice of widespread open defecation and indiscriminate dumping of refuse has negative health and social impact on communities with consequence of typhoid, diarrhea and cholera etc. Community participation was borne out of the need of placing community members at the centre of the planning process with regard to environmental sanitation hence, Environmental Health and Sanitation Unit in collaboration with the traditional authorities, Hon. Assembly members, and unit committee members in Kokote, and Asamankama and New Town on 27th February, 2024, 22nd March, 2024 and 26th March, 2024. Activities include: De-silting of gutters and drains, Sweeping of streets,new palace premises water points, and Clearing of weeds along the streets, road and open space.
Figure 3 Gathering and collection of waste in the main gutter at Kokote. 27th February, 2024
Figure 5. Environmental officers and community members de-silting gutters at New-town. 22nd March, 2024
Figure 6. Debries being dislodged into motorcycle at Asamankama. 26th March, 2024
8.0 FUMIGATION AND DISINFECTION
During the quarter, a total of seven (7) communities’ sanitary sites, container sites, public drains, and some public institutions were fumigated / disinfected by the National Malaria Control Programme (NAMCOP) employees under Zoomlion Ghana Limited and supervised by the Environmental Health and Sanitation Unit. These communities include: Asamankama, Namong, Saboa, Adukro, Kokote, New-town and Sakam . The exercise was aimed at controlling of adult mosquitoes and their larvae thereby reducing malaria infections in the municipal. Other vector carriers such as flies and cockroaches, being the main agents of communicable disease infections were also destroyed. Below are some of the photographs that were taken during the exercise on 20th, 21st and 22nd March, 2024.
Figure 4 Fumigation being carried out at Saboa swamp area. 20th March, 2024
Figure 5 Fumigation being carried out at assembly bungalow. 21st March,2024
Figure 6 container sites being fumigated. 22nd March, 2024
9.0 SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
Solid waste management was carried out during the quarter. This major service was provided by Zoomlion Ghana Limited with sweeping of streets, de-silting of gutters, market places and collection of domestic waste using the communal skip containers placed at vantage points within the area councils to ensure clean and safe environment at all times. Some of the communities enjoying these services are Newtown, Aboffour, Namong, Antoa, Aboasu, Maase, Old town, Atikaakum and others.
The table below shows the distribution and condition of container sites
| S/N | LOCATION | TYPE | NUMBER | CONDITION 0F CONTAINERS | CONDITION OF SITE |
| 1 | Namong | SKIP | 2 | Good | Good |
| 2 | Atikaakum | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 3 | Antoa | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 4 | Kokote market | SKIP | 2 | Good | Good |
| 5 | Maase | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 6 | Agyeimpra | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 7 | Ampabame | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 8 | Old town | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 9 | Asamankama | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 10 | Aboasu | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 11 | Amoawi | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 12 | Joe Sala | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 13 | Kayera | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 14 | DASH | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 15 | Tool Booth | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 16 | Newtown market | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 17 | Adiembra | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 19 | Poly | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 20 | Adukro | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 21 | Twumasen | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 22 | Aboffour market | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 23 | Anyinasuso | SKIP | 1 | Good | Good |
| 33 | TOTAL | 24 |
LIFTING FREQUENCY
| S/N | AREA COUNCIL | NO. OF CONTAINERS | FREQUENCY | ||
| Weekly | Monthly | Quarterly | |||
| 1 | Newtown market | 20 | 40 | 160 | 480 |
| 2 | Aboffour | 2 | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Anyinasuso | 1 | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Kayera | 1 | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| TOTAL | 24 | 48 | 192 | 552 | |
LIST OF SANITATION SERVICE PROVIDERS
| S/N | NAME | SERVICE PROVIDED |
| 1 2 | Zoomlion Ghana limited Waste land fill Limited | Sanitation Improvement Package (SIP)Nationwide Malaria Control Programme (NAMCOP)Pushing, spreading and leveling of final disposal sites. |
10.0 LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENT
During the quarter, public toilets facilities were inspected to ensure that these facilities were in good conditions for public use. These facilities include water closet, Pour flash, vault chamber, and septic tank latrines. The table below shows the number and locations of these facilities within the district.
| TOWN COUNCIL | NO. PUPLIC TOILET | NOINSPECTED | TYPES OF TIOLET INSPECTED | CONDITION | ||
| W/C | KVIP | STL | ||||
| OFFINSO NEW TOWN | 23 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 4 | Good |
| ABOFFOUR | 15 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | Good |
| SAMPROSO | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Good |
| BONSUA | 10 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Good |
| TOTAL | 57 | 44 | 21 | 24 | 12 | |
TYPE & NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD TOILET IN THE MUNICIPAL
| S/N | ZONAL COUNCIL | FACILITIES | |||
| W/C | VIP | PIT | TOTAL | ||
| 1 | OFFINSO NEW TOWN | 1,506 | 3,063 | 6 | 4,237 |
| 2 | ABOFFOUR | 208 | 2725 | 6 | 3,277 |
| 3 | SAMPROSO | 203 | 598 | – | 801 |
| 4 | BONSUA | 78 | 73 | – | 151 |
| TOTAL | 1,995 | 6,459 | 12 | 8,466 | |
TOTAL IN USE =334
PRIVATLY CONTRLLED = 34
HOSEHOLD TOILET FACILITIES – 2023
| S/N | AREA COUNCIL | TOTAL POP. | TYPE OF FACILITY | OTHERS | |||||
| W/C | POP.SERVED | VIP | POP.SERVED | PIT | POP.SERVED | TRADITIONAL PIT LATRINE(UNIMPROVED | |||
| 1 | OFFINSO NEW TOWN | 93,820 | 1,469 | 34,200 | 2,688 | 41,000 | 6 | 18,620 | 6 |
| 2 | ABOFFOUR | 39,300 | 170 | 14,260 | 3,026 | 19,488 | 6 | 5,552 | 24 |
| 3 | SAMPROSO | 3,700 | 165 | 1,567 | 560 | 1,700 | – | 433 | 21 |
| 4 | BONSUA | 3,300 | 40 | 1,228 | 33 | 1,891 | – | 181 | 22 |
| TOTAL | 140,120 | 1,844 | 51,255 | 5,747 | 27,179 | 12 | 24,786 | 73 | |
GRAND TOTAL =8,170
NEW HOUSEHOLDS FACILITIES FROM JANUARY– MARCH 2024
| S/N | AREA COUNCIL | TOTAL POP. SERVED | TYPE OF FACILITY | OTHERS | |||||
| W/C | POP.SERVED | VIP | POP.SERV ED | PIT | POP.SERVED | TRADITIONAL PIT LATRINE(UNIMPROVED | |||
| 1 | OFFINSO NEW TOWN | 121,966 | 1,506 | 37,400 | 3,063 | 62,466 | 6 | 22,100, | 6 |
| 2 | ABOFFOUR | 51,090 | 208 | 14,600 | 2725 | 29,503 | 6 | 6.987 | 24 |
| 3 | SAMPROSO | 4,810 | 203 | 1,967 | 598 | 2,272 | – | 570 | 21 |
| 4 | BONSUA | 4,290 | 78 | 1,728 | 73 | 2,147 | – | 415 | 22 |
| TOTAL | 156,156 | 1,995 | 56,685 | 6,459 | 96,388 | 12 | 30,072 | 73 | |
GRAND TOTAL=8,466
11.0 INVESTIGATION OF SANITARY COMPLAINS
During the quarter, thirty-five (35) sanitary cases were reported and field investigation was conducted. All of the thirty-five (35) cases were successfully treated.
12.0 PROSECUTION
Three people were successfully prosecuted for various offen
