Vice President Aliu Mahama on Thursday appealed to residents of Kwabenya to allow the resumption of work on the Land Fill Sanitary Site project, while the issues of compensation, environmental and other socio-economic problems were being addressed.
In pursuant of this, a meeting is to be held on Tuesday at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development for stakeholders to discuss the issues for redress.
Alhaji Mahama, who met demonstrators at the project site, one of who was arrested with a cutlass, appealed for calm and tolerance, saying compensation would be paid to those who deserved it, while those who needed resettlement would be catered for.
Residents, citing possible health and environmental concerns, non-payment of compensation and other problems, stopped the project in September by blocking access routes to the site.
Their action is reportedly causing the state a loss of over 30 million cedis a day in payment of breach of contract to Taysec Construction, the contractor.
Alhaji Mahama said that since the first phase of the project was about 75 per cent complete, it was prudent to ensure the completion of that phase, which would finish in four weeks.
So far, the government has spent about 3.6 million dollars out of a British grant of 6.5 million dollars to fund the project.
Kwadwo Baah Wiredu, Minister of Local Government, who, with other government officials, accompanied the Vice President, stressed the need for the nation to have land fill sites to dispose of waste and called for co-operation.
Source: GhanaWeb
