Members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Sanitation and Water Resources on Tuesday, May 13, held crunch meeting with the Youth Empowerment Agency (YEA) to deliberate on the Agency’s sanitation contract issues with the various Assemblies across the country.
The Chairman of the Committee, Mr John Oti Bless,  also the Member of Parliament for Nkwanta North, told the media after the meeting at Parliament House in Accra that the Committee would present a comprehensive report to Parliament upon resumption from recess on May 27, concerning sanitation challenges facing the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and possible solutions to those challenges.
The Committee is responsible for examining matters related to sanitation and water resources, including investigating and inquiring into the activities and administration of relevant ministries, departments, and agencies.
The Committee’s interest in sanitation matters and contracts at the various Assemblies has heightened in recent weeks following social media report about low wages for janitors engaged by the Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies, through a contract Zoomlion secured from the YEA.
A renowned investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni recently urged the government not to renew the contract with Zoomlion, accusing the sanitation company of exploiting its workers under the sanitation model.
The journalist also accused Zoomlion of not complying with the terms of the contract it had with the Youth Empowerment Agency.