Kumasi Sanitation Crisis: Kumasi Mayor reveals Oti Landfill site exceeds its lifespan and reached absolute capacity
The Mayor of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Richard Ofori-Agyemang Boadi, has openly admitted that the Oti Landfill site is critically full and reaching its absolute capacity.
The landfill, which serves as the primary municipal waste disposal site for the region, is facing a severe operational crisis.
The Mayor Ofori-Agyemang Boadi in January 2026 warned that the facility would completely reach maximum capacity within 16 months without an immediate €6 million intervention fund.
Speaking in an interview, he says the Kumasi Traditional Council has directed the Assembly to identify a new final waste disposal site.
According to the Mayor, the Oti facility was originally scheduled for closure in 2019. The assembly has managed to stretch its usage for an additional six years, a situation Mayor Ofori-Agyemang Boadi acknowledged is unfair to local residents.
”It ought to have been closed in 2019, so we have gone beyond its capacity and life span for about six years,” Mayor Ofori-Agyemang Boadi stated in a recent interview. “I sympathize with the people of Oti. What we’re taking them through is not fair.”
He further disclosed that KMA is currently scouting for alternative locations to transition waste management operations away from the area.
Mayor Ofori-Agyemang Boadi assured the public that the assembly is working tirelessly to secure a new site and restore environmental sanity to the Oti community.
Source: Ghana/otecmfghana.com/ Bismark Appiah
