In an effort to engage diverse stakeholders to gather input and create awareness on effective plastic waste management Members of the ECOWAS Parliament Joint Committee decolonized meeting on Friday, August 2, 2024 organized a community engagement at the Kojo Beedu Community Centre in Winneba, Ghana. The APC Parliamentary Leader, Hon. Abdul Kargbo and Hon. Saa Emerson Lamina Participated in the localized Town Hall Meeting on Plastic Waste Management.

The engagement was strategically planned to ensure representation from various communities in the Effutu Municipality and stakeholder groups in a bid to foster an inclusive and collaborative approach to the fight against plastic pollution within the ECOWAS sub-region.

The engagement exercise provided a platform to solicit views and concerns of the citizenry around plastic pollution, its impact on the society, effective management practices, as well as challenges in implementing community policies in fighting the menace.

Addressing the meeting on the theme “Plastic Waste Management: Challenges in Implementing Community Policy and the Way Forward”,

The Deputy Chairman for Energy and mines commi, ECOWAS Parliament, Hon. Saa Emerson Lamina calls for the enactment of Generic Laws within the Sub-Region.

The Effutu Municipal Chief Executive pledged the Assembly’s readiness to ensure the implementation of decision arising out of the discussions and contributions at the forum to aid in combatting the canker of plastic waste in the communities.
Hon. Alexander Afenyo- Markin, the third Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament and leader of Ghana’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament, underscored the importance of the meeting in shaping regional policies and actions that could turn the tide against plastic pollution.
He intimated that the forum was an opportunity to showcase local initiatives, learn from the experiences of the country’s West African neighbours and implement solutions that could be replicated across the sub-region.