LEDZOKUKU/KROWOR TO SET UP COMPOST PLANT (PAGE 18)

Story: Abdul Aziz

THE Ledzekuku/Krowor Municipal Assembly is to establish a plant to produce compost from solid waste generated in the area, the Municipal Chief Executive for the area, Mr Ebenezer Osekre, has said.
Mr Osekre, who disclosed this to the Daily Graphic, said since he assumed office about a month ago he had seen some records on the proposed compost plant the assembly intended to instal and that a non-governmental organisation was assisting the assembly to reactivate the project as soon as possible.
He said all refuse from the area would be conveyed to the plant and steps taken to ensure that the plant made use of the raw materials.
He said an estimated GH¢4,500 was required to clear the heaps of refuse in the municipality and gave the project a fresh breath after years of the indiscriminate dumping of refuse along the beach.
The assembly has engaged 960 senior secondary school leavers in its environmental sanitation project under National Youth Employment Programme.
Zoomlion, a waste management company, has also provided the assembly with 14 containers and two trucks for the execution of the project.
According to the municipal chief executive, the government’s budgetary allocation for health delivery in the area would reduce considerably when the root cause of malaria, which is the insanitary conditions in the area was tackled with all the seriousness it deserved.
He commended the assembly for approving his nomination as the municipal chief executive of the area to continue with the development of the Nungua-Teshie corridors.
He said there was a great potential for private sector participation in environmental sanitation and the assembly would take the necessary measures to facilitate private sector participation in refuse collection and disposal in the area.
The municipal chief executive said because the rainy season had started and mosquitoes were breeding, the assembly would move into full action and cart the refuse to the compost plant site.
He hinted that an educational campaign would be mounted alongside the refuse evacuation exercise to prevent people from littering the environment.
Mr Osekre said after the campaign the assembly would enforce its sanitation bye-laws and offenders would be sanctioned.