Public preference for cheap Aboboya services worsening waste management crisis - Chamber for Local Governance
Richard Fiadomor, President of the Chamber for Local Government, stated on Joy FM's Super Morning Show on Wednesday that the growing preference for tricycle waste collectors, known as Aboboya operators, is contributing to the rise in illegal dumping sites in Accra and other major cities. He explained that "The assemblies will enter into a franchise agreement with the waste management operator to operate within a demarcated area within a particular MMDA. The assembly will come up with a fee-setting resolution so that the private company will not charge arbitrarily for the services they are going to render to the citizens. They can charge less than that but not above what the assembly has approved."
Mr. Fiadomor noted that many residents rely on Aboboya operators because their services are cheaper than those of registered waste management companies engaged by Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs). He added that citizens have "fallen in love with these Aboboya operators who are undercutting the prices of their services far less than the fee chosen resolution that has been approved by the assembly." He disclosed that much of the waste is carried by these Aboboya collectors, but they do not have what it takes to go to the long distances where some of the landfill sites are located.
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The Chamber for Local Government has raised concerns about the public's increasing reliance on informal waste collectors, known as Aboboya
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