The minister designate for Sanitation and Water Resources, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, on behalf of President Akufo-Addo, has commissioned a modern municipal solid waste recycling plant at Akrofu-Ediope, in the Volta Region.
The waste plant was constructed and managed by Africa’s waste management expert, Zoomlion Ghana Limited.
Addressing a durbar of chiefs, heads of department of the Volta Regional Coordinating Council, selected Municipal and District Assemblies at Akrofu-Ediope, the Minister designate stated that the vision behind creation of the Ministry of Sanitation was to transform the Waste and Sanitation management space and that was exactly what Zoomlion was doing for Ghana.
She invited more interested parties from the private sector and said waste management was best done collectively.
The Minister who is also an MP who represented President Akufo-Addo to inaugurate the waste recycling plant also call Integrated Waste Recycling and Compost Plant (IRECOP) was optimistic that it would inure to the benefit of the people of the Volta Region and across Ghana.
She urged managers of the waste plant to engage with the requisite heads of department at the MMDAs to create more awareness for the efficient and maximum use of the facility.
She said, “Indeed, this is a considerable improvement towards the Clean Ghana Agenda”.
Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong said the facility would receive waste from eight Municipal and District Assemblies including Ho and Adaklu for processing and recycling.
Ghana’s multi-entrepreneur announced that the facility would process 600 tons of waste per day adding that luckily enough for Ghana, “our waste is 99% recoverable” which his outfit is expert in the field.
Dr. Agyepong showed gratitude to the chiefs of Akrofu-Ediope for the release of land for the plant, Members of Parliament, current and past ministers of the sanitation ministry for their collaboration and assured them that his company would do more to transform our waste sector. He said the facility would employ over 300 people in the Volta Region into various job categories.
Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa showered praises on the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies and his staff across the nation for the great job they are doing. He said the people of the Volta Region are excited about the facility because of the job creation and tourism benefits it brings.
“This will greatly help the region contribute its bid towards climate change,” he said.
This is the sixth of the 16 plants to be commissioned with three more plants in Upper West, Bono and North East Regions to be inaugurated in the coming days. The other seven plants are at various levels of completion.
