General News of Tuesday, 26 March 2019Source: Graphic.com.ghResidents protest delays in handing over Oti Landfill site to Asokwa Assemblysome residents displaying placards during the protestSome residents near the Oti landfill site in the Asokwa Municipality (ASKMA) in Kumasi on Monday morning blocked the entrance to the landfill site arguing that they want the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to speed up the process of transferring its management of the site to the Asokwa Municipal Assembly. The residents claimed the KMA has paid deaf ears to their plight and were asking that since the community now belonged to a new Asokwa Assembly, the management of the landfill site should be handed to them to it to enable the new assembly respond to their needs. The residents claimed that the KMA and the management of the site have reneged on the agreement with the residents to fumigate the site regularly to prevent the foul odour from engulfing the communities in the area. The assembly member of the area, Mr Barnor said the residents have made several complaints to the KMA and the Regional Coordinating Council on the negative effects of the landfill on the communities. He said the continued management of the site by the KMA was denying the residents the necessary support from the ASKMA as the new assembly in which the site is located has control over it.

Source: GhanaWeb March 25, 2019 21:56 UTC