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Accra Metropolitan Assembly to remove 100 illegal structures at Kofikrom

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has earmarked over 100 illegal structures at Kofikrom, a community within the Okaikoi South Sub-Metropolitan District for pulling down to avert perennial flooding. The exercise followed an order from the La Court after a series of engagements between Public Health Officers and squatters to vacate… ....

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Waste Management Workers' Safety Concerns during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ghana

Waste management is one of urgent challenges in the world. In rapidly growing cities of developing countries like Accura, Ghana, waste collection is done without sufficient protection of workers. This situation became worse when the COVID-19 pandemic began to threaten the health and safety of waste collection workers. This paper aims to examine waste management workers’ safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. To better understand waste management workers’ safety concerns during the pandemic, we used the questionnaire survey. Our questionnaire survey was conducted among 60 waste management workers in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. The study then discusses how municipal waste management authorities can ensure safety of waste management workers during the pandemic. Our results showed that 58% of the respondents were worried about the COVID-19 pandemic, while 20% were not even sure of the existence of the Covid-19 pandemic. Besides their worry, we also found that abou ....

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