Orthner Rosemary, Austrian Consul General, advocates support for Jospong to tackle Ghana’s sanitation needs

&NewLine;<p>Orthner Rosemary&comma; Austrian  Consul General to Ghana&comma;  has advocated for supports Jospong Group in tackling the country’s sanitation needs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Orthner made the appeal during a familiarization visit to selected waste management facilities of the Jospong Group in Accra&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Consul General urged <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Ghana’s Government<&sol;a> to continue to support and collaborate with  Jospong Group and Zoomlion Ghana in its sanitation needs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Orthner disclosed Austria’s preparedness in collaborating with JGC and Zoomlion&period; She&comma; however&comma; opined that the task is so huge and requires the candid support of the government&period; She added that without creating an enabling environment&comma; the company will encounter several problems&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Consul General emphasized Jospong and Zoomlion’s &nbsp&semi;impeccable records and image in area of waste management in the sub region&period; Therefore&comma; the &nbsp&semi;group&comma; according to her&comma; deserves government’s fullest support to be able to turn things around for Ghanaian people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Orthner  who was accompanied by Mr Martin Orthner&comma; Honorary Vice Consul and Ms Tornu Gifty Esenam&comma; Consular Assistant&comma; expressed satisfaction in the operations of JGC-Zoomlion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We have heard a lot about the Jospong Group and Zoomlion&period; But we never anticipated that the company is so well developed and organized already beyond imagination&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she reckoned&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Earlier&comma; a group of directors and managers led by the Jospong Apex Group Chief Operating Officer&comma; Dr Samanjith K Udumalagala briefed the Austrian team about their operations in a presentation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He said the group is motivated by its vision of changing people&&num;8217&semi;s live&period; It also envisions to be a &nbsp&semi;leading Africa holding in every sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>APPEAL<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Dr Udumalagala appealed to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wsj&period;com">Austrian Consulate<&sol;a> to attract  investors to partner JGC in all the sectors they operate in&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The team was led to the Accra Sewerage Systems Ltd&period; They &nbsp&semi;solved the over 110 years direct faecal matter dislodgement into the sea problem&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The team observed that faecal matter is being converted into green energy&period; This&comma; according to them&comma; augments the grid and turns same into charcoal for domestic cooking purposes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The team visited the Integrated Recycling and Composting Plant &lpar;IRECOP&rpar; and Dredge Masters Ltd&period; They are subsidiaries of Zoomlion where organic waste is turned into compost for agricultural purposes and plastics recycled&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The team&comma; as well&comma; visited Universal Plastic Products Limited &lpar;UPPR&rpar;&period; In UPPR&comma;  plastic waste is being recycled into chairs&comma; tables&comma; waste bins&comma; bin liners&comma; buckets and containers for water storage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;