Photos: A Ghana beyond filth

Government is rallying Ghanaians to work towards a Ghana beyond aid - an economic policy mantra.

And one area that Ghana would not need aid is keeping the environment clean. But this straight-forward goal is one which the country is still far from scoring.

Progress is usually short-lived and sporadic. Garbage remains Ghana's biggest baggage and until it can move beyond filth, there is little doubt that it can move beyond anything negative.

This is at the banks of a storm drain which stretches from Alajo to Avenor in Accra

A hawker stares at the heap of refuse on the pavement of Kwame Nkrumah Circle

A heap of refuse piled close a storm drain at Carprice in Accra

A gutter filled with plastic waste at Kasoa in the Central Region