The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has stated that Zoomlion Ghana Limited has breached several regulations in its dealings with two District Assemblies.

According to the Committee's report, Zoomlion was paid some monies by the District Assemblies Common Fund for the supply of some equipment to the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai and Mampong districts. However, the company did not supply the equipment, which violates the agreements.

Speaking on the floor of Parliament on December 13, a Member of the Committee, Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor said “The committee established that Zoomlion Ghana Limited was paid some monies, but failed to supply the necessary sanitation equipment to the various assemblies.

“Mr. Speaker. The committee determined that deductions were made from the accounts of two assemblies, and paid to Zoomlion for the supply of sanitation equipment to improve the sanitation in their areas under what they call the Sanitation Improvement Programme, which is SIP. However, the company did not supply the items to the assemblies, contrary to regulation 79 of the PFM regulation 2019 LI 2378.”

In Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai, he said the company supplied two skip tracks instead of the three skip tracks and four refuse containers instead of the 20 between January 2019 and December 2021.

Again, he said in the Mampong municipal, although Zoomlion was expected to deliver three skip tracks, only two skip tracks were delivered, while it supplied 12 refuse containers instead of 20.

Also, former Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu wants the State and Parliament to do more for Sanitation workers with Zoomlion.

Haruna Iddrisu explained that it does not make sense for the State to pay Zoomlion around GH₵800 for each Sanitation worker but the workers receive less than GH₵300 of that amount. He wants the government to directly pay the Zoomlion Sanitation workers.

“When we pass the Youth Employment Act and the leader will recall, even some of the negotiations in his office, we said that separate beneficiary allowances from service charges. Zoomlion is a service provider. Let the Common Fund and the State pay him as a private contractor engaged to provide sanitation.

“Mr Speaker when you give him GH₵800 and beneficiaries end up getting GH₵200 or GH₵250. I do not think that that is neat enough or good enough. We should have a way of dealing with beneficiary allowances. It should go straight to those in the sanitation model,” he added.