The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and its development partners have held a closure and handing over conference for the Holistic Reinforcement for Sustainable Development (HORESD) to discuss how to maintain the project as other partners are pulling out.
The KMA will now make a conscious effort to maintain the project, which was funded by the European Union (EU) through constant engagement with the communities, funding and the enforcement of the by-laws.
Mr. Samuel Payne, Mayor of Kumasi, at the conference explained that the piloting of the project in the past two and half years has seen a success in making Kumasi holistically clean, through recycling and segregation of waste.
Osca Gimenez, Lead Head project coordinator disclosed that the expected outcome is the capacity building of local Authorities for the provision of comprehensive public services in the area of solid waste.
He said the project is geared towards boosting circular economy in the District of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) in generating new micro, enterprises and stable jobs related to selective and transparent solid waste collection (National and International) of cooperation between local authorities to create and improve comprehensive urban solid waste policies.
Nadir Delgado, local project coordinator, Praia City Council, disclosed that the results have enabled them to achieve improvement in the solid waste management capacity building and institutional strengthening, internal cooperation, knowledge transfer and sustainable socio-economic development.
Francisco Carvalho, President, City Council of Praia, commended the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and the management for the implementation and success of the project.
According to her, the successes recorded are remarkable.
Mrs. Francisca Paqui Manparler, President of Manra, stated that MANRA has the expertise and methodology to help achieve some good results when it comes to waste management in the Kumasi Metropolis.
Joshua Tetteh-Nortey, Local Project Coordinator said under the project, the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly can boost of about 1000 containers, 300 of which are meant for the Central Business District of Kumasi and eight trucks to help clean the city.
