The Minister of Oti region, Hon. Joshua Makubu has disclosed that the Integrated Recycling and Composting Plant (IRECOP) in the region will directly and indirectly generate about 1,000 jobs within the waste recycling supply chain.
Speaking at a ceremony to commissioned the 400 tons state-of-the-art solid waste recycling plant, the minister stated that “This facility is expected to generate about 1,000 jobs for the people of Oti region. It is government responsibility to create jobs and we entreat that beneficiaries will put up the best of behavior to sustain the jobs they have been employed to do”.
He said the IRECOP is as a result of President Akufo-Addo’s commitment to make Ghana one of the cleanest country in the sub-region. “The president made a commitment to make the country one of the cleanest in the sub-region and subsequently through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement with the Jospong Group”.