The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has temporarily moved its office to the upper East region in preparation for the National Sanitation Day to be observed on Saturday, 2nd May 2015.
The Upper East Regional Minister, Zuuga Tiiga will officially hand over his office to the local government Minister today.
The Local Government Minister and his two deputies have been divided into three teams to visit the various districts in the region.
Team A which is the Eastern Upper East will be led by Hon Collins Dawuda to pay a courtesy call on the chiefs and traditional rulers in Bawku Municipality, Pusiga, Garu and Tempane districts.
The second Team will tour the Western Upper East which comprises; Builsa, Sandema, Builsa South and Fumbisi districts. The entourage Will be led by Hon. Nii Lamptey Vanderpuye.
And the last group will also visit the Central Upper East; Bolga Municipality and Bongo District to meet the chiefs and traditional leaders and to also inspect some selected projects.
The visits and the inspection of some selected projects in the region will continue to other districts in the region till Saturday where Team A will join the people of Bawku, Team B will be in Bolgatanga Municipality and the last group will observe the day in Navrongo.
This is not the first time the ministry has moved its office to a region outside the capital. The National Sanitation Day for April was observed in the Eastern region and the Upper East region is the 6th region the Ministry has moved to in order to observe the NSD.
First Saturday of every month is earmarked National Sanitation Day across Ghana.
First declared on November 1st, 2014 by the Government of Ghana in response to the 2014 Ghanaian cholera outbreak, the day is a voluntary clean-up exercise for all Ghanaian residents in an effort to reduce unsanitary conditions that breed diseases and causes injuries.
The National Sanitation Day (NSD) is an initiative by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.
A bill has recently been sent to parliament by the ministry, the bill if approved will give legal backing to the NSD program allowing it to prosecute individuals who refuse to take part in the program.
