The Parliamentary Select Committee on Sanitation has opposed calls for the Youth Employment Authority (YEA) not to renew its contract with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies.
This position comes in response to recent comments by investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni, who urged the YEA to terminate the contract over allegations of worker exploitation and breaches of contractual obligations under the sanitation model.
However, during a working visit to the Kumasi Compost and Recycling Plant in the Ashanti Region on Thursday, April 24, the Chairman of the Committee and Member of Parliament for Nkwanta North, John Kwabena Bless Oti, rejected the journalist's claims.
He emphasized the economic risks involved, warning that the non-renewal of the contract could result in widespread job losses, given that Zoomlion currently employs thousands of Ghanaians nationwide. "We want to invite Manasseh Azure to appear before the committee, perhaps when Parliament resumes, to share the basis of his concerns," Mr.
