The Minister for Works, Housing, and Water Resources, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, has announced that the government has taken decisive action to tackle the perennial flooding challenges in Kumasi.
Speaking at a stakeholder validation workshop with the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council and top officials of selected Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies within the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area, the minister revealed that the move forms part of President John Dramani Mahama's reset agenda to improve urban resilience and safeguard livelihoods. "In line with President Mahama's reset agenda, we are taking decisive steps to provide long-term solutions to flooding in Kumasi," Adjei said.
According to Adjei, the Ministry of Works and Housing has engaged two international consultancy firms-Deltares from the Netherlands and INES from Spain-to conduct technical studies that will inform the design of a comprehensive flood mitigation project for Kumasi and its surrounding areas.
Deltares will undertake a basin-wide study of the Wiwi, Sisa, and Aboabo river basins, which are the main catchment areas contributing to flooding in the metropolis.
