The
Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Environment, Science,
Technology and Innovation Yaw Addo Frimpong has called on political
leaders and all stakeholders to support the Jospong group of companies.
The
Manso-Adubia MP praised the Group for its immense investments into the
waste management, environmental and sanitation industry in Ghana.
The
MP who could not hide his excitement during a joint Select Committee
tour of the Integrated Recycling and Compost Plant (IRECOP) and Sewerage
Systems Ghana Limited which are all subsidiaries of the Jospong Group
of Companies in an interview with journalists underscored the need for
all stakeholders to rally behind Jospong to help grow other waste
management companies to solve Ghana’s sanitation challenge.
The
joint select committee made up of Sanitation and Water Resources,
Environment, Science and Technology, Local Government, Works and Housing
are touring major waste management facilities and landfill sites across
the country to ascertain their conditions after the recent intermittent
fire outbreaks at the Kpone landfill which have become a public health
threat.
Hon. Frimpong also proposed a small increment in the Value Added Tax (VAT) to help finance waste management in the country.
“I
am proposing that if we add some small percentage on the VAT for
sanitation, I don’t think any Ghanaian will kick against that idea,” he
stated.
The
General Manager of IRECOP, Betty Brown Nyadu who conducted the MPs
through the workflow of the IRECOP technology in an interview indicated
that the facility charges very little which is far below the World Bank
recommended a fee of $30 for managing a ton of waste. The tipping fee we
charge is so little that it does not cater for our operational cost”,
she pointed out.
She was hopeful that government will intervene to make waste management more sustainable and effect.
Source: Akwesi Sarpong
