The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly is collaborating with Asokwa Municipal Assembly to desilt choked drains at Asokwa and other parts of the city.
Speaking on Ghanakoma morning show on Akoma 87.9 FM in Kumasi with Sir John on Monday, October 6, 2025, the Mayor of Kumasi, Richard Kwasi Ofori Agyeman Boadi, disclosed that, the exercise will take more than two weeks to complete and requires significant funding.
The move by the two assemblies to desilt the drain follows a series of reports by Akoma FM in Kumasi and other Media General platforms which prompted the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council and the two assemblies to visit the site and begin the clearing of filth.
The KMA Boss personally led a large-scale dredging and clean-up exercise at the heavily choked Subin drain, especially the section around Georgia Hotel, as part of the monthly National Sanitation Day activities.
The two assemblies organised massive dredging and clean-up exercise at Subin Drain, a major watercourse in Kumasi, has historically been prone to blockage by refuse, a factor contributing to perennial flooding in the area.
The exercise focused on desilting and removing massive amounts of solid waste that have accumulated in the gutter.
The pile of garbage, mostly plastic waste, polythene bags, rested in and along the Subin River, once a vital water body flowing through the city of Kumasi.
Agyeman Boadi, blamed the choking of the drain to the bad attitude of some residents who dump refuse and plastic waste into the drain, particularly during rainy season.
“Some residents’ bad attitude of dumping plastic waste into the drains is forcing us to spend huge sums of money that could be used on other projects to clear this. Let’s change our attitude as Ghanaians “, he told Sir John.
He stated that, the desilting exercise is the first step towards beautifying the city, and they will implement technical remedial policies to prevent future occurrences.
The desilting of the drains forms part of measures to remove drainage bottlenecks, improve stormwater flow, reduce flooding incidents and prevent loss of property and lives during the rainy season.
He reiterated the need for attitudinal change towards the management of solid waste especially plastics to prevent them from choking the drains.
“Most of the debris from the drains were plastics from packages of goods sold here in the city. We must desist from throwing and dumping refuse into the drains. It is a big challenge and as citizens and traders we must act responsibly,” he said.
He noted that the KMA began desilting the drains as far back as May this year and would continue during and after the rains to free the drains to prevent flooding.
