{"id":449762,"date":"2017-12-24T10:02:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T10:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/embattled-special-devt-ministry-engages-zoomlion-to-distribute-recycling-machines\/"},"modified":"2017-12-24T10:02:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T10:02:57","slug":"embattled-special-devt-ministry-engages-zoomlion-to-distribute-recycling-machines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/embattled-special-devt-ministry-engages-zoomlion-to-distribute-recycling-machines\/","title":{"rendered":"Embattled Special Dev\u2019t Ministry engages Zoomlion to distribute recycling machines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday, 24 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-24<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/11812348.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mavis Hawa Koomson 234\" title=\"Mavis Hawa Koomson 234\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Special Development Initiative Minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514109777_847_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">It has emerged that the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives has entered into a contract with the Zoomlion Ghana Limited to distribute plastic recycling machines to some districts in the country.<\/p>\n<p>A letter signed by the sector minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson and sighted by citifmonline.com indicated that District Chief Executives (DCEs) in areas selected to benefit from the program were to allocate land areas for the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry of Special Development Initiatives, in order to realize the Government\u2019s vision to transform rural and urban communities, identified sanitation as one of its priority areas. This aims at instituting proper sanitation and waste management system, which will improve health and the general living standards of the people,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are being requested to help provide a suitable land area, which has access to electricity to facilitate this process, which will improve the waste management system in the country,\u201d the letter added.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of the project and the specific districts which will receive the machines were not stated in the letter<\/p>\n<p>This latest development comes at a time when many are questioning the relevance of the ministry after its 2018 budget allocation was found to be at least five times of what other key ministries were allocated.<\/p>\n<p>It has also come under serious criticism over its allocation of GHs800,000 for the creation of a website.<\/p>\n<p>Although it has since attempted to clarify that the amount was a typographical error, many believe it was an attempt to fleece the national coffers which went bad due to the alarm raised by the minority in parliament.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Special-Initiative-ministry-Zoomlion.jpg\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 38 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Sunday, 24 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-24 Special Development Initiative Minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson It has emerged that the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives has entered into a contract with the Zoomlion Ghana Limited to distribute plastic recycling machines to some districts in the country. 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