Pay Environmental Service Providers instead of cleaning up exercise – Bekwai MP to govt

The MP argued that rather than mobilising Ghanaians for a symbolic two-day exercise, government would achieve far more sustainable results by channelling available funds directly to ESPA and other licensed waste management companies to resume and sustain their routine collection services.

He explained that although the waste management service agreement between government and service providers had expired, providers had continued operating in good faith while awaiting formal renewal and retrospective payment.

He argued that government’s continued failure to pay Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA) members, some of whom operate with expired service agreements, is the fundamental cause of the country’s deepening waste crisis.