Kumasi Mayor vows to protect $298 million lorry terminal

The Chief Executive Officer of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Mr Osei Assibey Antwi says he will do everything humanly possible to ensure the ultramodern Kejetia lorry terminal in worth $298- million in the metropolis stands test of time.

"Government incurred a lot of money to construct this project we are seeing so all have to protect it against destruction", the Mayor told journalist during inspection to the projects site attended by this reporter, Kwabena Danso-Dapaah.

Currently, the Mayor indicated plans are far advanced to resettle some of the traders at the Race course, Abinkyi and other satellite markets in the metropolis.

The relocation exercise, he intimated will help the Assembly to resettle the traders and give the Brazilian contractors enough room to move their equipment to site and carry out actual construction.

Mr Osei Assibey Antwi stressed on the Assembly’s four prong priority areas for the Kumasi Metropolis.

These, he mentioned are sanitation, security, road construction and beautification or cleanliness.

According to him, the time has come to scale up education for the public so as to help them keep the city clean at all times.

He expressed worry that despite the KMA providing litter bins for the use of the public some recalcitrant residents have rather turned the bins into a refuse dump.

He charged the media to spend time to educate the public on the health implications of their actions so as to ensure collectively they help to make Kumasi the cleanest and safest city in this country