Local Government Ministry, World Vision to host 5th Executive Breakfast Conversation 2026

The 5th Executive breakfast conversation on sanitation as a key performance indicator for Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) and the role of relevant ministries, departments and agencies' prospects, opportunities and constraints is slated for Tuesday, June 23.

The executive breakfast conversation being organised by the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and relevant sector agencies, World Vision Ghana and partners aimed at securing the highest socio-political prioritisation and multi-stakeholder commitment towards the realisation of sanitation as a catalyst for health, job creation and economic well-being.

According to the organisers, the annual Executive Breakfast Conversation serves as a multi-sector, multi-stakeholder platform for identifying and removing barriers towards sustainable water and environmental sanitation in Ghana.

Mr Yaw Attah Arhin, WASH Technical Specialist at World Vision Ghana, emphasised that World Vision Ghana and partners are committed to supporting initiatives that contribute to the attainment of the sustainable development goals for the well-being of children and their families.

He said Ghana’s drive toward sustainable development is reaching a decisive moment, and sanitation has emerged as the central metric that can determine whether MMDCEs deliver real transformation.

The World Vision WASH Technical Specialist stressed that embedding sanitation performance into the core assessment of MMDCEs, government, ministries, development partners, and civil society can align incentives, unlock financing, and turn waste management into an engine for public health, employment, and economic resilience.

He indicated that when MMDCEs are evaluated on measurable sanitation outcomes, such as access to safely managed toilets, reduction in open defecation, and efficiency of faecal sludge treatment, accountability sharpens and local action accelerates.

Mr Attah Arhin emphasised that realising sanitation as a catalyst requires coordinated leadership and demands that the government set national standards, monitor district-level performance, and publish an annual Sanitation Scorecard for all MMDAs. The scorecard should link directly to MMDCE performance reviews and reappointment considerations.

He said the 5th executive breakfast conversation would also explore the threshold of a sanitation-driven economic shift, job creation, opportunities for private-sector investment, health and productivity gains, climate and the circular economy.

Mr Attah Arhin emphasised that sanitation is not just about clean streets; it is about healthier children, more productive workers, new jobs, and stronger local economies.

He stressed that executive breakfast conversation would establish that making sanitation a central KPI for MMDCEs and aligning ministries, agencies, and partners behind it, Ghana can convert a long-standing challenge into a foundation for inclusive growth.

“The metrics are clear. The institutions exist. The opportunity is now. What remains is the collective will to measure, manage, and mobilise around sanitation as the lever that moves health, jobs, and prosperity forward,” the World Vision WASH Technical Specialist stated.