Kofi Ahovi

 The government is mobilising state and private-sector resources to address waste management challenges, with the accumulated refuse at Jamestown in Accra identified as an immediate priority. The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Hon. Mahama Ayariga, disclosed this on Thursday, September 3, 2026, during a media briefing at the Jamestown Waste Transfer Station, as part of his ongoing assessment of the country’s waste management system. The visit capped a three-day exercise that included inspections of the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP), Jamestown and Achimota Waste Transfer Stations, and Kpone Landfill on Tuesday, September 1, as well as the Adipa Engineered Landfill at Nsawam in the Eastern Region on Wednesday, September 2. Hon. Ayariga said Thursday’s exercise was intended to properly assess the scale of accumulated waste at Jamestown and provide the technical information required to guide government’s response. We see this from afar. We ...

 The government has begun preparations for the large-scale evacuation of accumulated waste at Jamestown in Accra to the Adipa Waste Management Centre, an engineered landfill facility at Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Hon. Mahama Ayariga, announced the plan after a working visit to the facility on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, to assess its capacity to receive the accumulated waste from Jamestown. The visit followed the Minister’s inspection on Tuesday of key waste management facilities in the Greater Accra Region, including the Jamestown and Achimota Waste Transfer Stations, the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP), and the Kpone landfill site. The inspections formed part of efforts by the Ministry to assess the country's waste management infrastructure and identify immediate interventions to address the growing sanitation challenges in the capital. Following his assessment of the waste situation at Jamestown...

  The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has expressed its readiness to support Ghana’s efforts to improve waste management and develop a more sustainable waste management system. The bank’s Vice President for Operations and Secretary General, Dr Fatima Elsheikh, said waste management should be seen not only as an environmental issue but also as an opportunity to create jobs, improve livelihoods and generate economic value. She made the remarks in Accra on Tuesday following a tour of major waste management facilities with the newly appointed Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mahama Ayariga. The tour included the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP), a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies, the James Town Waste Transfer Station and the Kpone Landfill site. Dr Elsheikh said the visit had given BADEA a better understanding of Ghana’s waste management system and the opportunities available for investment across the sector. I...

Newly appointed Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mahama Ayariga, has called for a major overhaul of Ghana’s waste management system to make the collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of waste more efficient. Ayariga made the call on Tuesday after touring a number of waste management facilities in the Greater Accra Region, including the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP), a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies, the James Town Waste Transfer Station and the Kpone Landfill site. The visit formed part of his early engagements with key facilities under the local government sector to assess the state of waste management in the capital and identify areas that require investment and reform. He was accompanied by the Mayor of Accra, Michael Allotey, officials of the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, representatives of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), and other dignitaries. Ayariga, who was only rece...

  The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ibrahim Ahmed, has urged Zoomlion Ghana Limited to keep its  waste transfer stations operational to support tricycle waste operators until a permanent solution to the area's sanitation challenges is implemented. Speaking during a visit to the Achimota Waste Transfer Station, the Minister said the six facilities have become a critical component of the government's efforts to improve waste collection and transportation within the metropolis. He explained that the transfer stations receive refuse collected by tricycle operators, where it is sorted, compacted and transferred through an underground system before being transported to designated final disposal sites. According to the Minister, the temporary arrangement was necessitated by the increasing volume of waste generated in the metropolis after the June 29th floods, which has placed considerable pressure on existing waste management infrastructure. To ens...

 Stakeholders in Ghana’s sanitation sector have called for an urgent shift from landfill-dependent waste disposal systems to sustainable, engineered waste treatment infrastructure, warning that persistent funding gaps could undermine efforts to maintain cleanliness and environmental safety within the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA). The call was made during a high-level stakeholder dialogue on landfill and waste management held at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City in Accra on Monday, June 8, 2026 on the theme "Alleviating Waste Disposal crisis in Greater Accra." The meeting brought together government officials, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), sanitation experts and private sector operators. Delivering the keynote address, the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Ahmed Ibrahim, noted that rapid urbanisation and population growth continue to place enormous pressure on existing waste infrastructure. He reveale...

  ...As Zoomlion supports with 300 bins and other logistics A campaign christened Plastic is a Resource not Waste aimed at managing plastic waste during this year's Easter festivities in the Kwahu Ridge and the Eastern Region as a whole has been launched. The plastic waste management campaign is an initiative of the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLGDRD) through the Kwahu East District Assembly (KEDA) and Kwahu South Municipal Assembly (KSMA). Waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, is actively involved and supporting with about 300 dustbins and other waste management logistics including personnel, all in an effort to ensure that the Easter festivities are marked in a clean and healthy environment. Launching the campaign at the forecourt of the Abetifi Chief's Palace in Abetifi in the Eastern Region on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, the Ministe...

The Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed, has cut sod for the construction of the solid and liquid waste treatment plant at Gbalahi in Sagnarigu Municipality in Tamale. He observed that the facility, which is expected to create 75 direct and over 200 indirect jobs, will help address the unemployment in the region while addressing the rural-urban migration. The project will help in creating job for the teaming youth which will help curb rural-urban migration” he stressed.  The minister further stressed that the waste treatment plants will enhance cleanliness in the region and improve on the sanitation which was becoming a concern to the municipal and district assemblies.   With Tamale being adjudged the third largest and fastest growing city in the country, the minister said “A very clean environment will give the city a dignified look". He therefore urged the citizens to practice preventive measures to avoid contracting diseases as "poor sanitation goes with health pr...