President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday commissioned an integrated recycling and compost plant in Damongo, in the Savannah Region, as part of his two-day tour of the region.
The recycling plant is aimed at providing a permanent solution to waste management in the country.
“It has been a perennial problem for our country. But, fortunately, for me, in my time, I came across a man who was prepared to partner with government to deal with the question of waste disposal in our country. And it has been one of the highlights of my government – the partnership that the government has made with the Jospong Group of Companies, headed by its Executive Chairman, Joseph Siaw Agyepong,” he said
Appreciating Mr Siaw Agyepong for his contribution to the country’s development, the President assured citizens of his support to “any serious businessman that had a programme for development in his sector, and is seeking the partnership and assistance of government”.
The plant
The Executive Chairman of Jospong Group, Joseph Siaw Agyepong, said the plant set up to receive, sort, process and recycle Municipal solid waste to produce organic compost for agronomic purposes in the sub-region. He also explained that some of the plants also possess medical waste treatment facilities to treat and safely dispose medical waste.
Mr Siaw Agyepong added that “other recoverable materials of the recycling process, which include plastics and metal scraps will serve as input materials for the steel and plastic manufacturing sectors”.
“Global events of today points to your visionary leadership, when you supported the establishment of a compost plant, which had the capacity to produce fertiliser, little did we know that there will be a Russia-Ukrainian war. As we all know, the war has had serious consequences on fertiliser imports,” he bemoaned.
He said the capacity to foresee problems and respond to them with the boldness of vision is the mark of a good leader like President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
On the progress of work in the other regions, he reported that in the Northern sector of the country, the sites situated in Tamale, Nalerigu, Wa and Bolga had reached advanced stages of construction.
“Mr President, in Nalerigu, the plants have been fully installed and undergoing finishing works to make it totally complete as being witnessed here today. In the Upper West Region, Wa, the construction has been completed and awaiting installation of machinery,” he disclosed.
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