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No need to panic over Zoomlion-YEA controversy - Parliament's Environment Committee Chair

 Chairman of Parliament's Select Committee on Environment, Science and Technology, Yaw Frimpong Addo, has called for calm following recent developments surrounding the Youth Employment Agency's (YEA) sanitation module partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited. He asserts the controversy will not impact the country's environmental sanitation efforts, contrary to widespread concerns that suggest so. His comments follow remarks by the Chief Executive of the YEA, Malik Basintale, indicating that the agency's contract with Zoomlion for waste management will not be renewed in its current form. According to the Chairman, the information out in the public domain is incongruous with the realities on the ground, emphasising the need for an urgent stakeholder engagement to spell out the facts about the brouhaha surrounding the sector. He was speaking after the Committee completed a tour to the Jospong Group of Company’s waste treatment plants in four regions. Let me also emphasize t...