The Kumasi Mayor and his team at one of the choked drainage sites
THE KUMASI Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has initiated moves to stop floods and its accompanying devastating effects in the Ashanti Region.
As part of this commendable agenda, the assembly has decided to comprehensively desilt all choked drainage systems, especially in flood-prone communities.
The Chief Executive of KMA, Richard Ofori Agyeman Boadi, popularly known as ‘Zuba’, made this announcement, stressing that KMA is determined to prevent floods.
“The assembly is determined and combat ready to deal with all flood issues in the city in order to safeguard lives and properties, especially as the raining season looms.
“The KMA’s team of hardworking people will therefore desilt all choked gutters and drainages in the city in order make the residents feel safe even when it rains heavily,” he said.
The Kumasi Mayor was speaking when he led a delegation from the KMA to inspect drainage systems in the Asafo Market and the WAEC area some few days ago.
According to him, the assembly’s visit to the drainage systems would not be a nine-day wonder, assuring that the KMA would intensify efforts to prevent floods.
In a related development, the KMA has also announced its readiness to intensify efforts to punish recalcitrant residents who breach sanitation laws with impunity in the city.
“Starting from July 1, 2026, a special task force comprising environmental officers and security men will visit communities to enforce environmental health and sanitation laws.”
The above statement was contained in a press release from the KMA, which also announced a “massive clean-up exercise at Abrepo Electoral Area on Saturday, July 4, 2026.”
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah, Kumasi