The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has cautioned waste management companies in the capital to deliver quality services or face sanctions for poor services.
According to the AMA, such non-performing companies would initially be served with warning letters and their contracts terminated subsequently if they failed to deliver.
A report released by the assembly on the performance of these waste management companies revealed that only one out of the lot was delivering satisfactory services.
Six service providers within eight zones were evaluated for the third quarter of 2018.
The key performance indicators used in the evaluation process were derived from the Franchise Agreement between AMA and Service Providers.
The KPIs include Registration of households, Supply of storage bins, Frequency of service, Maintenance of sanitary sites, Health and safety, Submission of monthly reports, Collaboration with relevant departments and sub-metros, Innovations – recycling, integration of informal collectors etc.
The Deputy Head of Waste Management at the AMA, Victor Kottey, indicated that the non-performance of these waste management companies had contributed to the indiscriminate disposal of solid waste in the metropolis.
In order to help the various waste management companies meet the requirements, the AMA has asked the firms to ensure improved access to disposal facilities, increase efforts towards achieving total registration of households, introduce innovative methods of collection and reduce to the barest minimum the number of communal containers in their service zones among others
Below is the performance of waste management companies:
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By: Michael Ogbodu | citinewsroom.com | Ghana