The National Democratic Congress flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, has stated that if he were to become president in 2025, he would dissolve the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources because of its alleged inefficiency.

He has also proposed merging the Transport Ministry with a number of other failing ministries, such as the Ministries of Aviation and Railways.

In a Wednesday Special Public Lecture at the Wisconsin International University College in Accra, Mr. Mahama emphasized the necessity of an all-encompassing development plan that broadens the sector’s focus.

“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.”

“It is not only the Sanitation Ministry, in Transport, Aviation and Railways, we are going to close them down and send them back to the Trasport Ministry. We are going to combine Communications and Information again. So we want to reduce the number of ministries,” he stated.