The government, in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of the Jospong Group, has reopened the Achimota-Abofu Transfer Station to restore waste collection services and address sanitation challenges caused by recent floods across the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area.
The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, announced the intervention during a working visit to the facility on Friday, June 26, 2026, where he inspected ongoing operations and outlined immediate and long-term measures to strengthen waste management following the flooding.
Touring the facility, Mr Ibrahim, who is also the Member of Parliament for Banda, said officials from his ministry and technical officers had spent the past two weeks responding to what he described as a serious sanitation emergency.
He expressed appreciation to the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, the 48 Engineers Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces, the National Security Coordinator and Deputy Chief of Staff at the Office of the President, Mr Stan Dogbe, and other stakeholders for supporting the government’s response to the crisis.
According to the minister, the recent floods left several landfill sites inundated, preventing nearly 3,000 tricycle waste operators, popularly known as aboboyaa riders, from disposing of refuse collected from households and businesses.
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