Open Defecation In Tamale 

Open defecation persists in Ghana despite continuous education about its effect in society because mny Ghanaians consider the practice as a ?normal? way of life. 

For many people in Ghana, this is just normal, particularly in the north of the country, where about seven out of every ten households actually have to go into the brush for toilet. For them, its normal, its been the y of life for generations. 

Tamale Metropolis in the Northern Region is the second percentage of people who defecate n the open in the country. The Chief Director of the Northern Region Coordinating Council, Mr. Issahaku Alhassan in conjunction with the Environmental Health Sanitation Unit of the region and other sakeholders in Tamale at the unveikng ceremony to aunch the Open Defecation League Table. 

He said this act caused the country to lost $79 million last year and poses creates danger to human heath which has harmful effects for most vulnerable children. 

Addressing the above problems should not be a difficult task. The government,  Chiefs, Assemblymen and women, District Chief Executives and rich people in the community should put up resources like money,  building materials and others so that we can use it to build these facilities at market places,  schools and other public places. Again policy makers and NGOs can take counseling as a tool in addressing this issue. They should make it a trouble to visit the seashores and homes and convince andlords at the disadvantages of open defecation. They can encourage them to buid toiet facilities in their homes. 

I believed that,  the above suggestions when given serious thoughts, the high turn  over of open defecation wil cease in no time .