2021 IWPD: GAYO urges Government to prioritize issues of Informal Waste Workers
The National Chairman of the Informal Waste Pickers’ Group, Mr. Johnson Doe, has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to give listening ears to the plights of the Informal Waste Pickers and Collectors in the country. He also called on the President to address their issues to help achieve his noble vision of making Accra the cleanest city in West Africa. Speaking in an interview on the sidelines at a virtual event organized by Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) in Accra on Friday, March 5, 2021, to commemorate this year’s International Waste Pickers’ Day (IWPD), Mr. Johnson Doe said: “Yes, the president’s vision can be achieved if he involves us (pickers and collectors) in decision-making processes in the waste management systems particularly at the district level and we really deserve to be recognized as well. We will equally need a clinic to be set aside for waste collectors and pickers based on the unfortunate experiences that we have in accessing healthcar