€60m waste treatment plant for Sekondi-Takoradi

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for work to commence on the construction of a €60 million solid and liquid waste treatment plant at Asakae in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis.

The project, which is going to be executed by waste management expert Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) and its partners – Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR), Sewerage Systems Ghana Limited (SSGL), Pureco and Komptech – would, upon completion, serve over two million people in the metropolis.

Speaking at a brief ceremony at Asakae, Akufo-Addo reiterated that the issue of sanitation was very important to his government, and “that is why the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources was set up and mandated to ensure proper sanitation across the country.”

The solid and liquid waste treatment facilities, he said, were a testimony of the good relations between the government and the private sector.

“It is in line with my government’s policy of creating an enabling environment for the private sector to bridge the infrastructure gap,” the President said.

According to President Akufo-Addo, the project, when completed, would help reduce the high rate of plastic and other solid waste.

“Equally important is the fact that it will provide jobs for the people, potable water, good roads, which will help improve the water and sanitation situation in the municipality,” he said.

He urged the relevant state institutions to ensure that the construction of the project was carried out to the right specifications.

The President commended Jospong Group of Companies for its partnership with the government to improve sanitation in the country.

He again applauded the company, particularly for helping in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic in the country. “Indeed, your efforts in the fight against COVID-19 is a patriotic intervention,” he said.

The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah, explained that the two waste treatment facilities would help improve and sustain the gains made in the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) space.

She said her ministry, over the last three-and-a-half years, had enjoyed fruitful relations with members of the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA), Ghana.

She particularly signalled out Zoomlion for commendation, noting that the company had provided her outfit with pick-ups to help in monitoring the environment.

She reaffirmed that her ministry would continue to pursue water and sanitation policies that will inure to the benefit of the good people of this country.

While praising the President for gracing the occasion, the Executive Chairman Jospong Group of Companies, Dr Joseph Siaw-Agyepong, disclosed that the project would sit on a 200-acre land.

He went on to add that it would comprise a 400 tonnes solid waste recycling and composting plant, 1,000 cubic metres wastewater treatment facility to serve about two million people, and a quarters that will accommodate 250 staff members. Other facilities are a training and research centre laboratory, and 7.5 kilometres road from Asakae to the site.

“When completed, it will create about 250 jobs for the indigenes, and indirect jobs of 1,500,” he said, adding that both treatment facilities would be completed within 11 months.

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