Abokobi-Pantang landfill site to be moved

Mr. John Kwao Sackey, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Ga East, has disclosed that the landfill site that has brought discomfort to residents of Abokobi-Pantang and its environs would soon be a thing of the past.

According to Mr. Sackey, the Assembly in partnership with a private waste management company, Waste Landfills Company, are working to purge the town of insects as an adhoc measure with eventual plans to move landfill entirely to a new site.

"We have plans ongoing to move to our new site. We have actually started work with some companies that will recycle our waste. As at now, we have the Accra Compost Plant and other companies are also coming on board to help turn our daily waste into energy" he averred.

Mr. Sackey made disclosed these after a fumigation exercise at the Abokobi-Pantang landfill site, Pantang Government Hospital area and its environs.

He used the platform to call on the Ministry of Agriculture, the Energy Ministries and other stakeholders to come on board to help in managing waste in the country.

"For-instance, the Ministry of Agriculture can turn organic waste into fertilizer to help farmers to produce food crops in abundance for the nation. You see other countries are doing it, so why can’t we," he queried.

He added that the Energy Ministry can use the waste to generate energy to help bring down the power crises in our country.

The Operations Manager of Waste Landfill Company, Mr. Richard Omane-Mensah, said the fumigation exercise has seen positive result within the past years and also the Waste landfill company is putting a transfer station at the site.

"Periodically, we organise spraying activities to control the houseflies, cockroaches and other insects and pests that are breeding as a result of the current indiscriminate disposal of the waste " he explained


He also hinted that plans are far advanced to install a transfer station in the area.

“We have on our program operation of a waste transfer station to help us cover or de-commission this site whilst the transfer station is working. In this case, though the waste will be brought in, a bigger truck will come and convey it to a final disposal site," he added.