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SEFWI W: Akufo-Addo cuts sod for commencement of waste treatment plant

President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for work to begin on a solid waste treatment facility at Aboanidua in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region.

Date Created : 9/29/2020 9:21:05 AM : Story Author : Daniel Akwasi Nuako/Ghanadistricts.com

The project is collaboration between the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR) and Zoomlion Ghana Limited as well as its private-sector partners and is geared towards improving sanitation related challenges in the region.

The facility upon completion, will receive solid waste from Sefwi Wiawso, Juaboso, Bodi, sefwi Bekwai, Bibiani and its environs which will be processed into re-useable materials such as compost for agricultural use.

The facility which is expected to processed 2000-tone of solid waste per day will also provide jobs, improve waste collection in order to make the cities clean.

The treatment facility comprises, Plastic Water Recycling, Power Distribution Unit, Finished Products and Spare Parts, Compost Workshop, Sorting Workshop, Dressing Room, Office Building, Weighing Bridge, Washing Bay, Recycling Plant, Skills Training for Scavengers, Clinic and Laboratory.

The President indicated that, the construction of this solid plant is in line with government policy to create enabling environment for the private sector to partner government to bridge the infrastructure gab in sanitation.

The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah in a short address admonished Ghanaians and people Western North Region to devoid of dumping indiscriminately and rather inculcate the habit of cleanness by dumping refuse at the designated places to help keep the country clean.

She was confident that with such intervention, Ghana was on course to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on sanitation.

She said, the government was prepared to support private organizations whose vision met that of the government to promote sanitation and reduce the total amount of filth in the various communities across the country.

According to her, the President vision to the extends free water supply for another three months is a clear indication that this government is ready to protect Ghanaians from contracting diseases such as cholera and sanitary.

She however, urged Ghanaians to use the free water judiciously so as to serve the intended purpose and not otherwise.

The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Mr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, was thankful to President Akufo-Addo for considering his group and its subsidiaries the opportunity to be of his laudable vision to promote sanitation and development in the country.

Katakyie Kwasi Bumagama II, the Paramount Chief of Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Area and the Chairman for the occasion praised President Akufo-Addo government for his numerous development projects in the area after the creation of the newly region.