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The Minister of Inner Cities and Zongo Development, Alhaji Boniface Abubakar Saddique has re-iterated government’s commitment to pay debt owed waste service providers which is hindering their ability to keep our various communities clean.

Speaking to the Media at a Clean-up exercise organized by the Ministry of Inner Cities and Zongo Development at Nima, The Minister bemoaned the fact that most of these debts were inherited from the previous government and this challenge is worsening the sanitation situation in our communities.

The Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA), at a recently organized annual meeting lamented the huge debts government owes the waste service contractors.

The Minister led various stakeholders in the sanitation sector to clean Zongo communities as part of the “Agenda Clean Zongo” initiative which is aimed at achieving the President’s vision of making Accra a clean city.

He intimated that waste management in Zongo communities is key on the agenda of developing Zongos as most of these communities’ struggle with proper waste management which is basically due to poor planning of these communities.

He appealed to the Zongo communities to adhere to good sanitary practices by cleaning their environment to avert diseases such as cholera, typhoid, hepatitis among others.

The Mayor of Accra, Hon. Adjei Nii Sowah , who also led the A.M.A team to undertake the cleaning exercise said that issues of sanitation is paramount and needs all hands on deck to help keep our coomunities clean.

Waste management companies such as Zoomlion, Jekora waste and notable celebrities were also at Nima to support the initiative.