Local Govt Ministry organises clean-up at Tema
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has directed all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to review the performance of waste management companies they have engaged.
That according to the sector Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, is to ensure that only companies that have the capacity to deal with waste collection and management efficiently are given the task.
Mr Ampofo noted that “the government pumps millions of cedis to support the activities of the MMDAs in the collection and disposal of waste hence would not tolerate any underperformance”.
The minister gave the hint on the sidelines of a clean exercise organized by the ministry with the support of Zoomlion, as part of activities marking the Christmas festivities in Tema.
Similar exercises, according to the minister, have been organised in other parts of the country in order to clear the waste that come with the celebration.
At Tema Community Two, the minister joined hands with youth groups, opinion leaders and other members of the community to clear the filth that had engulfed the streets.
Energised by a brass band, the participants swept, weeded and cleared silt from drains that had been choked with garbage.
Mexico Park, a community playground, which hitherto was flooded with garbage, was cleared.
While members of the community emptied tones of garbage from their homes, Zoomlion provided vehicles to cart it away.
Mr Ampofo said the fact that the exercise was the opportunity for residents to empty refuse that had piled up in their homes meant that a lot more needed to be done to meet their needs as far as waste management was concerned in the community.
He said on a daily basis, the ministry was inundated with proposals from local and international companies with waste management expertise but noted that the ministry was interested in building the capacity of local companies to deliver.
He, therefore, advised local waste management companies to execute their task diligently so that they could be supported to move from micro to macro managers.
“Zoomlion has shown that given the right environment, local companies can be global giants, and we want to continue this by growing more Zoomlions but the task rest with them to deliver,” he stated.
The minister called for the de-politicisation of issues concerning waste management, saying “when it comes to waste management, diseases like cholera, diarrhoea and dysentery do not discriminate or recognise political colours, it’s a problem for all of us”.
Residents of the area accused the local waste management contractor, J. Stanley-Owusu, of failing to provide bins or even containers to enhance the disposal of waste in the area.
“Sometimes, it takes months for the refuse to be collected. People who don’t want to keep it in their homes end up dumping it in open spaces. This is creating a mess here almost every day,” a resident , Nii Adjei Sowah, complained.
That according to the sector Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, is to ensure that only companies that have the capacity to deal with waste collection and management efficiently are given the task.
Mr Ampofo noted that “the government pumps millions of cedis to support the activities of the MMDAs in the collection and disposal of waste hence would not tolerate any underperformance”.
The minister gave the hint on the sidelines of a clean exercise organized by the ministry with the support of Zoomlion, as part of activities marking the Christmas festivities in Tema.
Similar exercises, according to the minister, have been organised in other parts of the country in order to clear the waste that come with the celebration.
At Tema Community Two, the minister joined hands with youth groups, opinion leaders and other members of the community to clear the filth that had engulfed the streets.
Energised by a brass band, the participants swept, weeded and cleared silt from drains that had been choked with garbage.
Mexico Park, a community playground, which hitherto was flooded with garbage, was cleared.
While members of the community emptied tones of garbage from their homes, Zoomlion provided vehicles to cart it away.
Mr Ampofo said the fact that the exercise was the opportunity for residents to empty refuse that had piled up in their homes meant that a lot more needed to be done to meet their needs as far as waste management was concerned in the community.
He said on a daily basis, the ministry was inundated with proposals from local and international companies with waste management expertise but noted that the ministry was interested in building the capacity of local companies to deliver.
He, therefore, advised local waste management companies to execute their task diligently so that they could be supported to move from micro to macro managers.
“Zoomlion has shown that given the right environment, local companies can be global giants, and we want to continue this by growing more Zoomlions but the task rest with them to deliver,” he stated.
The minister called for the de-politicisation of issues concerning waste management, saying “when it comes to waste management, diseases like cholera, diarrhoea and dysentery do not discriminate or recognise political colours, it’s a problem for all of us”.
Residents of the area accused the local waste management contractor, J. Stanley-Owusu, of failing to provide bins or even containers to enhance the disposal of waste in the area.
“Sometimes, it takes months for the refuse to be collected. People who don’t want to keep it in their homes end up dumping it in open spaces. This is creating a mess here almost every day,” a resident , Nii Adjei Sowah, complained.
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