Kumasi Mayor to tackle sanitation, recycling of waste for wealth creation

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) says it is aiming at creating wealth from waste, as it is still struggling to address the sanitation situation in Kumasi.

Despite numerous efforts by successive administrations to rid the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly of filth, sanitation still remains a big challenge for authorities.

He used the occasion to caution residents to desist from dumping waste indiscriminately.

“The focus of the assembly, is to embark on creating wealth from waste.

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is optimistic that it would be able to drastically improve the sanitation situation in the metropolis as a result of a partnership it has formed with the European Union.

The Assembly is set to receive 2.5 million Euro funding support from the European Union.

As part of the initiative, pilot projects to improve waste management would be worked on, as a strategic urban solid waste management plan would be developed to be implemented.