The government is preparing to invest in engineered landfill sites across regional capitals and waste transfer stations in Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies as part of a major overhaul of Ghana’s sanitation infrastructure.
Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister Mahama Ayariga disclosed this at the Government Accountability Series at the Jubilee House on Monday, October 5.
He said the Ministry had advanced the design of a nationwide sanitation strategy and was awaiting detailed cost estimates for the construction of landfill sites and transfer stations from the relevant technical teams.
“For Greater Accra, three landfill sites and two for Greater Kumasi and Sekondi-Takoradi” are being considered, he said, adding that waste transfer stations would also be developed in every MMDA.
Mr Ayariga said the strategy would be supported with waste collection vehicles, tricycles and household bins, with electronic payment systems introduced to make waste collection more seamless. He said the investment was intended to drastically reduce the cost
