The Chief Executive Officer of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Richard Ofori Agyemang, popularly known as King Zuba, has attributed the failure of past decongestion exercises in the Ashanti regional capital to unsustainable enforcement strategies.
In an interview on Joy FM and monitored by GhanaWeb on Monday, May 19, 2025, he indicated that the reliance on heavy police deployment could not be maintained over time, as it places a significant financial burden on the assembly. "Previous decongestion exercises were not sustainable because of the approaches.
Now, if we are to deploy about 300 police officers in and get everybody off the pavements, it will come at the cost to the assembly beyond three months when the financing assemblies no longer can accommodate the 300 policemen, so I thought of having a much more sustainable approach," he noted.
Richard Ofori Agyemang explained that the KMA will deploy a combined team of urban guards, National Security operatives to patrol the cleared areas to ensure free flow of traffic. "When I took over, there were about six great ladies and officers who were supporting us by leading our urban guards to manage security within the metropolis.
