AMA abrogates contract with City and Country Waste Limited
Accra (Greater Accra) 11 June 2001
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly has abrogated the contract between the City and Country Waste Company Limited for the collection of refuse in the capital.
This follows reports that the deal was too expensive and the CCWL had failed to adequately honour its part of the obligation to rid the city of refuse.
Sheikh Ibrahim Quaye, Greater Accra Regional Minister, said in an interview with the Ghana News Agency that local contractors have been given the job to collect garbage.
He said apart from the provision of the vehicles being used by CCWL, AMA also pays 25 dollars per tonnage of every waste carried by CCWL.
"With the local contractors, it is now costing us 10 dollars which is far less" Sheikh Quaye said the refuse collection would soon be put on open tender for bidders to come forward with quotations.
Mr Solomon Ofei Darko, AMA Chief Executive said local contractors were undertaking the job as a temporary measure pending the appointment of permanent ones.
He said the overflow of refuse bins across the city of late is as a result of the changeover and appealed to people in the communities to help clear the excess waste during the period.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 11 July 2001
Vice-President Aliu Mahama on Wednesday called on the government of oil rich Saudi Arabia to increase trade and other economic investments in Africa.
He said at a State House meeting with the Saudi Charge 'D' Affair, Mr Ahmad Kattouah that the "Golden Age of Business" declared by President Kufuor's Administration has created a conducive atmosphere for improved trade relations between the two countries.
Alhaji Mahama said a Ghana trade delegation that visited the Arab country did not receive an encouraging response but expressed the hope that the appointment of a new ambassador to Accra would enhance their relations.
He called for the continuation of Saudi funded health centres started in 1991 and an increase in the number of scholarships offered to Ghanaian students.
Mr Kattouah assured the Vice-President that a Saudi trade delegation is expected in the country soon as part of measures to boost bilateral relations. He said business opportunities are much better now in Ghana for Saudi entrepreneurs to explore.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 11 July 2001
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US Dollar 7,012.91 7,260.64
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Swiss Franc 3,930.04 4,066.59
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Canadian Dollar 4,610.89 4,772.34
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Dutch Guilder 2,718.01 2,812.39
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