By Charles Tawiah S/309), GNA
Afreseni (Ash) Jun 29, GNA – Four basic schools in the Ahafo Ano South-West District of the Ashanti Region have been provided with water and sanitation facilities as part of efforts improve standards of institutional hygiene in the schools.
The beneficiary schools are Wioso, Barniekrom, Afreseni and Kunsu D/A Basic Schools.
Each of them received eight-seater KVIP toilets for both boys and girls, with a 250-litre mounted polytank, a girls’ changing room, a boys’ urinal, a special toilet facility for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), as well as packs of sanitary pads and gallons of hand sanitizers.
The projects were funded by the District Assembly from its share of the Common Fund, at a total cost of GHS 65,000.00 and they were completed within 12 months.
Mr Abubakar Sedik, District Chief Executive, addressing a gathering at Afreseni, one of the beneficiary communities after commissioning of the projects, said right after assuming office in May last year, he identified inadequate sanitation infrastructure as a major challenge in many schools in the district.
This, he said, required immediate action to safeguard the good health and dignity for both students and teachers in the area, so he moved and engaged the key stakeholders for the necessary steps to solve the problem.
He emphasized that a broader sanitation, educational infrastructure, and public health agenda to extend many such facilities to other communities would be pursued as a priority.
Mr Sedik urged the teachers, assembly members, and other stakeholders to help maintain the facilities as a collective responsibility, to help prevent them from damaging.
He mentioned cleanliness, maintenance culture, and prevention of the public from using the facilities as some precautions and preservation steps for their long lasting to serve future generations.
Mr. Justin Gbotor, the District Director of Education, said it was the plan of the directorate to form management committees to ensure the proper use of the facilities through effective supervision and sustenance of responsibility.
He stressed the need for teachers and pupils to always remain hygienic and extend it to their immediate environments.
Nana Akwasi Owusu, Odikro of Afreseni commended the Assembly for the projects since they would help promote hygiene and sanitation in the communities.
GNA
Edited by Kwabia Owusu-Mensah/George-Ramsey Benamba
June 29, 2026