KMA to prohibit other assemblies from accessing Oti landfill site over looming sanitation crisis
Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is considering shutting down access to the Oti landfill site to other municipalities and districts in the Ashanti region to contain a looming sanitation crisis in the metropolis. According to the KMA, the main waste collection site currently serving over four municipalities in the region is nearing its full capacity. The overstretched facility has thrown the city into an unhygienic scene with filth engulfing major market centres and communities as waste collectors are stranded offloading their trucks of solid waste.
The Oti Landfill site receives solid waste from communities within the Kumasi metropolis and at least four districts and municipalities within the Ashanti Region, including Ejisu, Mamponteng and other adjoining areas. Consequently, the facility is handling waste levels of between 2,000 and 3,000 tons daily above its designed capacity. Kumasi mayor, Richard Ofori Agyeman-Boadi, says the assembly is burdened in managing the facility with its meagre financial resources.
Mr. Agyeman-Boadi cautioned that "if nothing is done urgently about it, within the next three months, we are likely to shut down our final disposal site and stop every assembly within greater Kumasi from dumping their refuse. They have to look for places." The assembly is racing against time to find funds to set up additional cell facilities to contain waste dumped at the Oti Landfill site. The government owes the KCRP four years of arrears, as he assured of engaging high-level government officials to settle the debt.
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The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is considering barring other assemblies from accessing the Oti landfill site. The waste collection site is nearing full capacity - raising concerns about a potential sanitation crisis in the region.
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