Officials of the Tema West Municipal Assembly (TWMA), led by the Chief Executive Officer, have embarked on a three-day familiarisation tour of electoral areas in the municipality to gather first-hand information on the challenges of the communities.
Mr Ludwig Totimeh, the MCE, speaking with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), said during the visit, it became known that most of the communities were facing sanitation problems, such as the drainage system, sewage pumps, and security, which are major concerns.
Mr Totimeh indicated that these challenges were a result of the failure of residents to desist from building along the waterways and drains and diverting wastewater into the drains.

He said such practices were not the best, adding that most people have erected houses on the sewage pumps, forcing the waste to run through the gutters and posing serious health challenges which could cause communicable diseases in the communities.
He noted that in the Halcrow electoral area, the community 2 BBC, the militia police barracks, and the area surrounding the Tema Urban Health Clinic are danger areas, which have sewer lines diverted into the drains with unkempt areas.
The MCE added that the Adom FM Aggrey Road enclave also has unauthorised structures and kiosks encroaching, making the area unorganised compared to the initial plan of the area by Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
According to him, security was not a major problem, as streetlights have been provided in vantage places deterring robbers from attacking residents.

He said the assembly, as a matter of urgency, would summon the perpetrators and sanction them to serve as a deterrent to others, making sure that the challenges were taken care of as soon as possible.
He therefore cautioned the people to desist from such acts to ensure the communities have good sanitation.
Meanwhile, Mr B.K. Darko Agyekum, the assembly member for the Halcrow electoral area, indicated that the gutters were far below standard, impeding the flow of water and leading to flooding whenever it rains.
“I am pleading with my community members to refrain from defecating into the black polythene rubbers and leaving them in the drains. My women should also stop putting their monthly flow pads in the water closets,” he stated.