Ghana parliamentary committee backs sanitation bill — MyJoyOnline
Ghana’s Parliamentary Select Committee on Water and Sanitation has backed a bill to establish a National Sanitation Authority. According to committee members, a separate institution could strengthen sanitation and waste management in the country, MyJoyOnline reports.
The committee stated its position on September 18, 2026, during a visit to the Ho IRECOP integrated waste recycling and composting plant in Akrofu-Agorve. The inspection was the first day of a two-day monitoring exercise of sanitation infrastructure and waste management facilities in the Volta and Oti regions.
Assessment of the Volta Region
The committee chair, Nkwanta North Member of Parliament John Oti Bless, said the committee had already visited about eight regions of the country and found significant sanitation problems in several of them. According to him, the Volta Region is currently the cleanest among the regions inspected by the committee.
During the inspection, committee members were shown waste collection and processing, recycling, and the conversion of organic waste into compost. Oti Bless called on the media and other stakeholders to strengthen awareness-raising and advocacy work in sanitation.
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Infrastructure Problems
Betty Brown Nyadu, head of government relations in the environmental recycling and sanitation cluster of Jospong Group of Companies, informed the committee about the poor condition of the road leading to Ho IRECOP. According to her, this could deter operators from transporting waste to the facility and potentially contribute to its dumping in nearby forests and on farms.
Nyadu called on the authorities to improve the road and establish transfer stations closer to communities. This would make it possible to collect and consolidate waste before transporting it to IRECOP for processing and resource recovery.
She also called for policy measures to create a stable market for materials produced from recycled waste. According to her, about 60% of the waste received at the facility is organic and can be turned into compost or organic fertilizers.
Oti Bless assured that the committee would include the issues raised in its report to parliament and engage with the relevant bodies, including the Ministry of Roads and Highways.
