Tamale Wastewater Treatment Plant

Northern Regional Minister Hon. Alhasan Saani Shaibu has commissioned a 1000 cubic meter Wastewater Treatment Plant at Gbalahi a suburb of Tamale in the Sagnarigu Municipality in the Northern Regional. "Only 2% of the faecal matter generated in the Tamale Metropolis is properly treated currently, the remaining 98% of it is diverted sadly and helplessly into people's farms which has a negative public health effect on the people" he lamented. He said Tamale is the fourth largest city in Ghana and the population growth rate stands at about 3.5 which has a ripling effect on waste generation. Hon. Shaibu said…