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4.8 million urban dwellers live in slums – GSS Report

 About 4.82 million Ghanaians, approximately 30.8 per cent of the urban population, are living in slums, the Ghana Statis­tical Service (GSS) latest report on slums has revealed.

The report titled Slums and Informal Settlements in Ghana explains that a house­hold is said to exhibit slum characteristics if it lacks access to improved drinking water, improved sanitation, durable housing, sufficient living space or any combination of these.

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