CLEARANCE OF TWO DUMP SITES

In pursuit of the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly’s goal to enter December with a clean slate, the Environmental Health and Sanitation Unit conducted an evacuation exercise on Sunday, May 26, 2024, in the Zongo and Nzemaline communities. The effort resulted in the removal of two large piles of trash from the two communities, particularly along Nana […]

CLEARING OF REFUSE DISPOSAL SITES IN THE MUNICIPALITY

On Sunday, April 28, 2024, the Municipal Environmental Health Department cleared three refuse dump sites in Tarkwa-Nsuaem. The areas were Tamso (adjacent Mobik filling station), Nkamponase, and Akoon refuse dump sites. According to Mr. Alex Damptey, Municipal Environmental Health Officer, the Assembly has targeted clearing every heaped refuse site in the communities before June. He […]

UNVEILING OF WASTE MANAGEMENT TRUCK

The Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly unveiled a brand new refuse truck on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at the Assembly’s forecourt in Ahwetieso. The truck was presented to the Assembly by Zoomlion Ghana Limited in conjunction with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development for the purposes of providing better sanitation and waste management in the […]

MATRICULATION CEREMONY OF TARKWA NURSING AND MIDWIFERY TRAINING COLLEGE

Hon. Benjamin Kessie, Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Chief Executive joined the Tarkwa Nursing and Midwifery College on Friday 19th May 2023 to celebrate the matriculation ceremony for their first-year students at the college’s quadrangle. In his speech, he pledged to support them with an amount of GH¢ 5,000 and urged the matriculants to abide by the rules […]

REPORT ON CLEAN UP EXERCISE (OPERATION CLEAN YOUR FRONTAGE) FOR FIRST QUARTER 2023 

Saturdays and Sundays at every week were earmarked for the operation clean your frontage exercise in all the Electoral areas within the Municipality. The Environmental Health and Sanitation Unit together with the various Assembly members from the various communities join the opinion leaders, Unit committee member and the community members as schedule for the exercise. […]

RADIO SENSITIZATION PROGRAMME ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

The radio program emphasized the need for household toilet construction to improve sanitation and general sanitation issues within the Municipality. In order to ensure monitoring the observance of environmental standards within the municipality, the Unit undertakes education on noise pollution and control, smoke nuisance and illegal mining on radio programmes. During routine premises inspection (house […]

ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMES UNDERTAKEN BY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH UNIT

In order to ensure monitoring the observance of environmental standards within the municipality, the Environmental Health Unit undertook education on noise pollution and control, smoke nuisance and illegal mining on radio programmes. During routine premises inspection (house to house inspection) officers identified smoke nuisance issues in Tarkwa behind Trinity hotel and together with EPA collected […]