Ghana President Mahama urges sanitation reforms after unhygienic fish drying video in Tema

President John Dramani Mahama highlighted a video showing fish being dried under unhygienic conditions at Tema Newtown, a fishing community near Accra, and warned that the poor sanitation poses food‑safety risks.

He called on authorities to improve waste‑disposal, clean drainage and enforce hygiene standards for food‑processing areas, praised the Buzstop Boys for exposing the problem, and urged citizens to keep the environment clean, quoting “faith without works is dead.”