{"id":20135,"date":"2025-04-03T17:23:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=20135"},"modified":"2025-04-03T17:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:23:20","slug":"govt-owes-zoomlion-a-whooping-ghc1-2bn-for-unpaid-waste-management-services-minister-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=20135","title":{"rendered":"Govt Owes Zoomlion A Whooping GHC1.2BN for Unpaid Waste Management Services \u2013 Minister Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs (MLGCRA) under which sanitation falls under has made a shocking revelation that the government owed Zoomlion Ghana Limited a staggering 1.2 billion Ghana cedis for services provided over the last two years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Minister, Hon. Ahmed Ibrahim, made this revelation on Adom TV in Accra, while addressing delayed payments to firms under the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA).<\/p>\n<p>This debt, inherited from the Akufo-Addo administration, he said, has been a significant concern for the current government.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, he underscored the importance of collaboration between the government and private waste management companies like Zoomlion to address Ghana&#8217;s waste management challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are collaborating closely with Zoomlion to address waste management challenges in the country, particularly focusing on recycling plastic waste,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the necessity for the government to forge robust partnerships with private waste management firms, while commending Zoomlion for its state-of-the-art sanitation infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ahmed Ibrahim, Zoomlion\u2019s substantial investments in modern solid and liquid waste treatment and recycling facilities nationwide remained unparalleled as government does not have such infrastructure to deal with the waste (both municipal solid and liquid waste) being generated daily in the cities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZoomlion\u2019s commitment to building advanced waste management systems across Ghana remains unparalleled,\u201d Ibrahim Ahmed stated.<\/p>\n<p>He admitted the government\u2019s lack of comparable infrastructure, stressing the urgency of public-private collaborations to tackle sanitation issues.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister highlighted Zoomlion\u2019s expanded role beyond waste collection, including faecal waste management.<\/p>\n<p>He warned of a nationwide sanitation crisis should Zoomlion halt operations, recalling past practices where faecal waste was dumped directly into the sea, causing environmental and health hazards.<\/p>\n<p>He indicated that Zoomlion\u2019s liquid waste recycling plants now process sewage into compost and charcoal, aligning with a 2016 ban on sea disposal initiated by former President Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed Ibrahim, therefore, called for sufficient government attention to sanitation, citing a cholera outbreak in coastal regions like Cape Coast, Winneba, and Takoradi on October 24, 2023, advocating intensified public education on sanitation risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs (MLGCRA) under which sanitation falls under has made a shocking revelation that the government owed Zoomlion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4261],"class_list":["post-20135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-local-governance-zoomlion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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