Ghana Still Wallow in dirt for over 56 Years of independence
Ghana Still Wallow in dirt for over 56 Years of independence As part of governments policy initiatives to address the sanitation situation in the country, the government of Ghana introduced the KVIPs system, otherwise referred to as “Kumasi ventilated improved pits” in the early 1990s to curb open defecation in the country. Currently, there are a number of these KVIPs constructed and many more are still being built across the country to serve households, now best described in the country. While these KVIPs do not only stink, the only toilet system available to the under-privileged majority of Ghanaians, is usually not emptied, as required, for months, if not years, making these public places of convenience and its environ to smell horribly bad. Indeed, in 2008, the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ranked Ghana as the fourth most unhygienic country on the African continent and the second dirtiest country in West A...