Filth has engulfed the premises of the Adabase Junior High School at Tindonmolgo, a suburb of the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region, creating nuisance and impeding effective teaching and learning An overflowing refuse container, located close to the school, spills into the school compound and combined with the deteriorated school toilet to create an awful atmosphere and environment, the Ghanaian Times observed during a visit to the school last December.
Though, the Ghanaian Times could not speak with school authorities and the students as they were on holidays, some residents appealed to the Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly to relocate the refuse-collecting point from the school and pull down the toilet since it was not suitable to be used.
The Ghanaian Times also observed that some residents of the community defecated around the toilet and as well threw garbage around the old and rusty container, which emitted awful smell in the area.
A resident in the area, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the toilet built over 50 years ago had undergone rehabilitation some years back and fitted with light, but the place had been vandalised.
