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We can make Accra Clean in a few months – Informal Waste Workers




By, Nsor Paul Mensah

The Informal Waste Workers Association also known as Borla Car and Tricycle Association has thrown a challenge to the government especially authorities in Greater Accra that the association can use only eight months to clean the city when given the mandate.

“If given the mandate, no one will see any pet bottles and plastic waste anywhere. What we are doing now, we don’t have franchise agreement”.

Speaking to Africa Newsgh in an interview, the General Secretary of Informal Waste Workers Association, Mr. Max H Jumbo revealed that, the Greater Accra Regional Minister assured to engage leaders of the Association to look at the way forward on the activities of their members but no engagement or education took place.

He said, it took them by surprise when the Regional Minister came out to announce the ban on tricycles in the cities.

The Minister, he mentioned, has come out to say that even though, tricycle operators continue to use major roads after the ban, the indiscipline has reduced drastically.

According to Mr. Jumbo, the Informal Waste workers are doing their best to solve the problem of indiscipline likewise the issue of waste in the country but said, with all that they are doing, there has not been any effort from the Regional Coordinating Council.

“That is our question to the Minister and to the Regional Coordinating Council. That is the answer we want”.

He pointed out that even though, they operate as commercial workers, they are also working with the Metropolitan Assemblies who are the local authorities.

“They are the one giving us the permit and in fact, we cannot work with the Sanitation or Waste Management without a permit. If the permit given to the Bola Taxi or tricycles to work is against the laws of government, then authorities have to call and have a conversation with us”.

He disclosed further that, the Association has more than 5,000 members with 2,000 as mates, making a total membership of 7,000.

“What would be the alternative. Is there any solution to that or is government ready to give us maybe another equipment which is not against the law because, what we are doing, that is what we do”.

Mr. Jumbo averred that it is obvious to say that, government wants to take their daily bread from them, “What is the Regional Coordinating Council and the Minister doing to help their people”.

He therefore, entreated the media to help propagate their message saying, they have had engagement and workshop with the AMA before but the Minister failed to attend.

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