Sanitation Minister Joseph Kofi Adda has told his critics that he was not appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo to go about sweeping the streets and collecting public waste.
In his view, those clamouring for his dismissal do not understand the purpose for which his ministry was set up.
“…You send me to a new terrain, totally virgin area, a place like this that the president wants things done in a very deep-seated manner and you want that to be done tomorrow. You want the minister to go out tomorrow with a broom and a wheelbarrow to collect the waste; that’s not the minister’s job,” Mr Adda told Francis Abban on Accra-based Starr FM on Wednesday, 7 February.
“I think they [critics] have to understand that, and go back and understand: ‘What is the role of the ministry to start with and how should we collaborate with others?’ And I bet you by middle of this year, you’ll find a totally transformed sanitation sector in this country that will last the test of time,” he promised.
Assessing his performance in office over the past one year, Mr Adda said: “I’ve been effective as a minister responsible for policy and monitoring, for designing a system and structures that will bring about the fundamental transformation of the sector which is what we need in the first place.”
According to him, there are no quick-fixes when it comes to the sanitation sector, adding that he used the first year to put in place the basic structures and policies needed to ensure that Ghana becomes one of the cleanest countries in the world.
“The overnight solutions that people are looking for in the Sanitation Ministry, you’ll not get that today, tomorrow or so on and so forth; these fundamentals have to be set right and that’s what I’ve been most effective in getting set up properly.
“So, I cannot see more than the next three months or so, get all those things functioning very well and when they start functioning, it means that the system now is totally transformed and Ghana should be on the verge of becoming one of the cleanest countries in the world and Accra can be the cleanest city as well,” the former Navrongo Central MP said.
Source: classfmonline.com
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these cheap ministers always want to be in suits and tie,drive in a nice car bought with tax payer's money intended to be use for development for all and sit in an air conditioner offices and that shows they are working. ***barred word*** and village minister.some can't even speak and write good english like this lazy sports minister isaac assiamah tweaaaaa!!!
if one is walking on water, critics will still say he is causing dust all over. either the critics mean the president doesn't know his way out on who to appoint or they're competent than the minister. Ghanaians can only complain and talk but can't enforce the development of the nation with their divine competence.
Massa,,,, watchmen are now called security men... and whether English or vernacular, all be the same thing..... ok,,, fine if you don't want the borla man, then it is waste collector abi.... no bi same thing? com on short up an go an do work jare.... No bi only borla you go collect ooo. na to.i.let too dey inside. you go di scrub gutter sef take add am. Se na new ministri den carry give una.... Tele mo nah......
Incompetent Akufo Addo, you heard that. The tail wagging the dog!
He must be fired immediately....kwasssia your ministry is a borla ministry and therefore you are a borla minister...gyimigyimi,did you even campaign for nana? You been appointed and u talking träsh !!!
Are borla men not human beings? Can you imagine this! A minister who is responsible for sanitation is denigrating those who work under him to ensure that his job is done. Why won't your workers sabotage you. I strongly believe that with this kind of statement his workers will do everything to get him out of office. I will not be surprised if Accra and other cities are left in filth, because you can say this and expect your workers to support you. Damn ediot! And the president would not even come out to reprimand him for this unfortunate statement.
I dont think people understand the reason for setting up the ministry more than Nana Addo. Nana Addo knows the minister is putting in place the right structures for take off. Any way who put the rubbish there, we create the filth and then turn back and blame the minister. Kofi Adda is an experience technocrat mind you he drafted the NYEP plan and started with this. It is today the saviour of all parties both ndc and npp
You are! BORLA MAN!!!
And so what?
With mounting garbage on the increase in Accra by the day, I think Kofi Adda must be sacked and his ministry placed as a department under the Environment Ministry. Kofi Adda is waste minister!