A Plus, the Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, has strongly criticized the government's handling of the Sanitation and Pollution Levy, calling out the lack of progress despite the millions of cedis generated from the levy.
In a recent Facebook post, A Plus highlighted that the Sanitation and Pollution Levy, introduced in 2021, was supposed to address the country's worsening sanitation issues.
The levy charges 10 pesewas per litre of fuel consumed, and in the years since its implementation, it has generated a total of GHS 1.93 billion.
However, A Plus argues that this money has not been effectively used to improve sanitation across the country. "The streets are still filthy, waste collection remains unreliable, and open dumping continues," A Plus wrote, pointing out that the promised improvements are nowhere to be seen.