KMA to restrict MMDCEs' access to Oti Landfill over sanitation crisis concerns
Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is considering shutting down access to the Oti Landfill Site for other municipalities and districts in the Ashanti Region in a bid to contain a looming sanitation crisis in the metropolis. According to Richard Ofori Agyeman-Boadi, Kumasi mayor, "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 Oti Landfill Site serves over four municipalities in the Ashanti Region and is nearing full capacity. The facility is handling between 2,000 and 3,000 tonnes of waste daily, which is above its designed capacity. The overstretched facility has contributed to unsanitary conditions in parts of the city. Waste collectors are struggling to offload their trucks, and long queues of tricycles have been observed at the landfill. The KMA manages the facility and says it risks closure in the coming months.
The KMA is racing against time to find funds to set up additional cell facilities to contain wastes dumped at the Oti Landfill site. The Kumasi Compost and Recycling Plant (KCRP) is presently financially constrained to run their daily operation as they have been cut off from the national grid. Mr. Agyeman-Boadi says the government owes the KCRP a 4-year arrears. The KMA says persons found dumping refuse at roundabouts, road medians, and other unauthorised spaces commit a criminal offence, as it provides 1000-litre dustbins to collect waste at the market centres.
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The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is considering restricting access to the Oti Landfill Site for other municipalities. The waste disposal site is nearing full capacity- raising concerns about sanitation.
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