News:
June 16, 2011
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Adenta, Kojo Adu Asare has blamed the inefficient waste management situation in the Adentan Municipality on the recent waste management re-zoning undertaken by the assembly.
He said the re-zoning exercise in the municipality is one major decision which he believes was not well thought through.
The introduction of a fee-based solid waste collection system last year by the Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA) and Adenta Municipal Assembly (AdMA) broke the monopoly of Zoomlion.
Residents of Adenta are complaining bitterly about the services of some waste management companies operating in the area. They don’t understand why a waste management company must be imposed on them when the companies are not doing an efficient job, as they fail to collect the waste for days.
The resident fear if the waste management companies leave the waste unattended to, the likelihood of a disease may breakout in the munipality.
They say Zoomlion Ghana Limited which used to operate in the area offered free bins and charged less but that has changed with the new companies.
Speaking on Oman FM’s Thursday morning, the Member of Parliament for Adenta, Kojo Adu Asare, stated that he was not surprised at the turn of events in the area since he envisaged that rezoning if not well carried out would result in a worsening waste management situation in the area.
“How can the municipal assembly contract companies which do not have the requisite capacity to manage waste in a vast municipality like Adenta’’ he asked?
He called on the Assembly to take immediate steps to deal with the situation as the onset of the rains could worsen the current waste management situation in the area.
Story by : Kwadwo Anim/ghanamps.gov.gh