An expert in governance Mr. Issaka Amon-Kotei has said that scrapping the sanitation ministry is not feasible because of the work it entails.
Speaking to Ohene Kinnah on Plan B FM late afternoon show EBAANOSEN, Mr. Amon-Kotei said, the sanitation ministry is very sensitive and no government would like like to scrap it because of the consequences that may follow.
He said, that the ministry formulates and implements policies, plans, and programs for the sustainable management of the nation’s water resources, the provision of safe, adequate, and affordable water; provision of environmental sanitation facilities, effective and sustainable management of liquid and solid waste for the well-being of all.
“it is a major project area that involves money and I’m not surprised that they have quickly replaced the former minister after she resigned, this should tell you that there’s money in that sector”
Meanwhile, a political Analyst and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, Dr Jonathan-Asante Otchere says it would be prudent for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to scrap the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources after the resignation of the former Minister Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah.
According to him, since there is the existence of the Ministry of Natural Resources, there is no need to keep another ministry for sanitation and Water Resources.
“I have noticed that we have a minister for Natural Resources which is led by Abu Jinapor while Madam Cecilia Dapaah was also Minister for Environment and Natural Resources. So the question I keep asking is, are the water resources not part of the Natural resources?”
“This is an overlapping thing the president should have taken an opportunity to collapse the ministry after Madam Cecilia Dapaah reigned”, he added.
He argued that, since there is so much expenditure on government, there is a need to scrap the ministry, especially when there is too much expenditure at hand which has ended the country at the IMF.
Meanwhile, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) in a press release said the embattled former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources Cecilia Abena Dapaah has been arrested for suspected corruption and corruption-related offenses following her resignation as a minister in the wake of revelations that she had stashed huge cash in her bedroom, part of which got stolen by two of her “house helps’
In a press release dated July 24, 2023, and signed by the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, Mrs. Dapaah, who was arrested earlier today, is being questioned by his outfit about the huge stash of cash and other valuables belonging to her that got stolen from her bedroom.
This comes after Court documents revealed that Mrs. Dapaah had sued two of her domestic servants for allegedly stealing 1 million dollars, 300,000 Euros, millions of Cedis, and some jewelry.
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