I'll close down Sanitation Ministry to reduce expenditure – Mahama

Additionally, he proposed merging several other ministries, including Aviation and Railways, into the Transport Ministry, as part of his efforts to streamline government operations.

Speaking at a Special Public Lecture at the Wisconsin International University College in Accra, Mahama stressed the importance of a comprehensive development strategy that reorganizes the focus within the sector.

"We will close down the Ministry of Sanitation, one, to reduce expenditure and two I don’t see any use. The country is dirtier than when there was no Ministry of Sanitation.

"Indeed, this country was cleaner when sanitation was under Local Government than as a standalone Ministry and we will close that Ministry and we will take the Sanitation schedule back to Local Government because we want to reduce government expenditure," he said.