H. E. Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia, has promised the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) of his preparedness to remove any impediments in Zambia, allowing Jospong’s conglomerate to change the waste and technology sectors at the rate of Ghana.
He highlighted his delight with what Ghana has done so far via Jospong to produce value from the trash problem.
On a business visit to Ghana, President Hichilema addressed representatives of the Jospong Group of Companies at the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP) in Accra.
He stated that African leaders’ attention has switched from debating politics to how to generate chances for the African people, and that this is the new paradigm on the table.
“We don’t need you to convince us to give you permission to operate; it is our obligation to establish African enterprises that will provide jobs for our people,” he stated.
He was categorical in his assurance to the JGC that, he (President) would immediately set up a committee at the Zambia Presidency to coordinate with the Jospong team to start work as a matter of urgency.
“We won an election massively, and we are going to walk the talk to improve the lives of the people,” he said adding that Africans must learn how to choose their leaders so that these leaders can work to the larger benefit of the people.
The Executive Chairman, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong who received the entourage with his better half, Mrs. Adelaide Araba Agyepong, and key executives of the JGC said the nature of African waste is that organic waste constitutes 61%.
He said, we, therefore, must turn all that component of waste into fertilizer and the rest are plastics 14%, leather, glass 3%, textiles 2% and e-waste 5%, among others was exactly what Jospong is doing in Africa.
He assured the Zambia President and his entourage of immediate action in that regard where several waste recycling plants and mechanisms will be put in place to rid their cities of the waste menace.
The president was accompanied by the Zambian Ministers for tourism Hon. Rodney Sikumba, Mines and Minerals, Hon. Paul Kabuswe, the Ambassador to Ghana and Ghana’s Ambassador to Zambia together with members of the diplomatic corps among others.
The entourage toured the waste management facility to abreast themselves of its operations.
Source: Jospong Group of Companies
