Residents of Adipa in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality of the Eastern Region have given the government a seven-day ultimatum to stop the transfer of waste from the Agbogbloshie landfill to the Adipa engineered landfill.

Speaking in an interview with Channel One TV on September 28, 2026, the residents expressed worry over the development.

According to them, the decision was taken without adequate consultation with the affected community.

Again, they are worried about the health implications of the waste transfer.

“They still bring the rubbish here. It is causing sickness, and we do not have a hospital. The rubbish has also affected the school, and children in the community no longer attend school", one lamented.

The residents have therefore called on the government to suspend the transportation of waste to the facility within seven days and engage them on alternative arrangements.

“We are not against a fair, well-regulated waste management system, but we are against being treated as an afterthought, a convenient dumping ground for problems the capital does not want to face at all.

“If within the seven days, which starts from today, exactly one week from today, if we don’t hear any response from the government, responsible authorities, the operating company, we are going to block all roads leading to the dumping site", another lamented.

The evacuation of waste from Agbogbloshie in Accra to the Nsawam landfill is part of a government initiative led by President John Dramani Mahama.

The operation is expected to transport approximately one million tonnes of waste over a distance of about 42 kilometers to the Adepa Landfill Site at Nsawam.

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It aims to address significant sanitation and waste-management challenges in Accra and is being coordinated by the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development in collaboration with the Ghana Armed Forces and the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP).

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