Strategies
to solve the inappropriate waste management system issues in the
country have been implemented by The Urban Sanitation Module (USM) at
the Local Government Training Institute in Accra.
The National
Waste Bin Distribution Programme (NAWaBin) in collaboration with the
National Service Scheme (NSS) launched the Urban Sanitation Module (USM)
which saw the participation of the ESPA, waste management companies,
the Ministry of Local Government, town and city planning department etc
to deliberate on the module that seeks to address the lapses that has
been identified as a challenge to effective management of waste in the
country.
These include inaccurate data for household subscribers
to waste management companies, poor sanitary practices, inadequate
number of dustbins, poor revenue collection and leakages among other
issues.
Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte, Executive Director for National
Service, indicated that besides providing IT solutions support to the
key players for the gathering of data for the operation, the
Environmental Sanitation Sector during its bin distribution exercise
will attach RFT-ID to monitor waste management procedures as well as
revenue collection.
He added that GPR systems will also be introduced to track the exact location of households to harness the process.
The
GPR system, he said, will also help to track defaulters in ‘driver hit
and run’ situations as well as easy location to respond promptly to
distress calls to police in robbery alert situation.
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This programme comes in the wake
of improper waste management systems that have contributed to perennial
flooding and cholera outbreak that directly affect citizens leading to
poor level of production in the employment sector.
The absence
of credible database for households to track subscribers to waste
management companies has been cited as one of the major factors that has
thwarted the waste management processes in the country.
The new module has thus been planned out to duly address this problem.
Selected
NSS personnel and other participating groups in this exercise will be
given training to equip them with the requisite skills for logistic
distribution, data gathering etc to facilitate the entire process.
The
selected NSS Personnel on the programme were also urged to stay
committed to the exercise and consider it as a way of contributing to
developmental growth and simple sanitation efforts in the country.
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