Residents of Kpotame, a suburb of Tema Manhean, have resorted to open defaecation and use of private toilet facilities, following the abandonment of the construction of a public toilet for the area, by the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA).
Health watchers have raised issues with residents engaging in open defecation at the shores, while others also practice 'tie and throw' and 'take away,' a practice in which they defecate into polythene bags and either throw it out or drop it within the community.
The concerns come at the back of the Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate recording and treating its first case of cholera at Kpotame in January this year and the potential of a spread due to insanitary activities such as open defecation.
Residents of Kpotame, in 2021, through the Ghana News Agency (GNA), appealed to the TMA to complete the abandoned public toilet facility for the community as they lacked an acceptable place of convenience.
