New Juaben South Assembly warns residents against using drug addicts, mentally ill persons for waste collection

The New Juaben South Municipal Assembly has cautioned residents and shop owners against engaging drug addicts and mentally ill persons to collect and dispose of waste, warning that the practice is contributing to indiscriminate dumping and worsening sanitation challenges within the municipality.

He urged residents, landlords and shop owners to use only authorised waste collectors to ensure refuse is properly managed and to support the Assembly’s efforts to keep the municipality clean.

Personnel from the security services, government institutions, the Ghana Health Service and residents joined the exercise, clearing choked drains, sweeping streets and removing refuse from public spaces across the municipality.