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President Nana Akufo-Addo cuts Sod for solid waste plant in Bono East

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of a solid waste treatment facility&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The facility is located &nbsp&semi;at Fiaso in the Techiman South Municipal of the Bono East Region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The sod-cutting ceremony came up on Wednesday&comma; September 9&comma; 2020&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">It was graced by the Ministers of Bono East Region&comma; Kofi Amoakohene and Sanitation- Water Resources&comma; Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Others were the Executive Chairman of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Jospong<&sol;a> Group of Companies&comma; Dr Joseph Siaw-Agyepong&comma; Paramount Chief of Techiman&comma; Oseadeyo Ekumfi-Ameyaw IV&period;  Queen mother of Fiaso&comma; Ohemaa Mariama also registered visible presence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">It formed part of the President’s two-day tour in the Bono East Region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&nbsp&semi;The 15-million Euro project is expected to be completed within four months&period; It is under a partnership amongst Zoomlion Ghana&comma; &nbsp&semi;its private sector partners and the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">When completed&comma; the plant will have facilities including plastic waste recycling&comma; finished products and spare parts&comma; compost workshop&comma; sorting workshop and an office building&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The rest are <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wsj&period;com">restaurant&comma;<&sol;a> weighing bridge&comma; recycling plant&comma; washing bay&comma; skills training scavengers&comma; clinic and a laboratory&period;       <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Speaking at the ceremony&comma; the Executive Chairman of JGC&comma; Dr Joseph Siaw-Agyepong said the plant will create 75 direct jobs&period; Siaw-Agyepong who also doubles as the CEO of Zoomlion&comma; added that 250 indirect jobs would also be created&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With the President Nana performing the sod-cutting ceremony&comma; we are starting the construction immediately&period; All the machines are ready to facilitate the project&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He thanked the chiefs and people of Techiman and Fiaso for making available a 100-acre land for the project&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>THE DISTRICTS<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">According to him&comma; eight districts in the region will bring their solid waste to the facility&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The districts&comma; he said&comma; include Techiman Municipal&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Techiman North<&sol;a> and South&comma; Nkoranza North and South&period; Others are Kintampo South and North and Wenchi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This solid waste facility has the capacity to do sorting&comma; process waste into fertilisers&comma; plastics among others&comma;” he said&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">President Nana Akufo-Addo’s vision to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa drives our enthusiasm&comma; Dr Siaw-Agyepong &nbsp&semi;said&period; Therefore&comma; the waste treatment facilities will support the vision of attaining cleanest city in the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He commended the President for setting up a sanitation ministry to take care of the country’s sanitation needs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He further used the opportunity to congratulate the President for his appointment as the ECOWAS Chairman&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">On her part&comma; the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources&comma; Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah frowned at open defecation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">She entreated citizens in the region to refrain from practices such as indiscriminate dumping of refuse&comma; especially into the drains&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">She reaffirmed her ministry’s approval &nbsp&semi;of Zoomlion’s initiative to construct waste treatment facilities in all the 16 regions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Dapaah &nbsp&semi;called on other private waste companies to come on board and support the government in addressing the sanitation challenges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">According to Madam Dapaah&comma; a similar project would be commissioned on September 13&comma; in Goaso&comma; Ahafo Region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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