The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) will from January 2027 require individuals and organisations seeking to install container structures within the metropolis to use approved standardised designs.
The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Richard Ofori Agyemang Boadi, popularly known as “King Zuba”, said the policy forms part of efforts to improve the city’s aesthetics, promote order and ensure proper planning.
Speaking to Joy News on the sidelines of the KMA General Assembly meeting, Mr. Boadi said the initiative is currently being piloted around the Baba Yara Sports Stadium enclave, where the Assembly is introducing uniform prefabricated container designs for commercial activities.
He explained that the policy will later be extended to other parts of Kumasi where container structures have been erected.
“We will extend this standard to other parts of Kumasi where container structures have been mounted as and when we get there and deem it necessary to beautify the city,” he said.
The announcement follows the Assembly’s demolition exercise on July 31, 2026, around the Baba Yara Sports Stadium area, where unauthorised structures were removed as part of measures to improve sanitation, safety and the general outlook of the metropolis.
Mr. Boadi said the new policy has received approval from members of the Assembly through an existing bye-law.
“As part of our meeting, the Assembly approved a motion that effective January 2027, anyone who wants to install a container in Kumasi must obtain a standard design from the KMA Spatial or Physical Planning Department,” he stated.
The MCE also announced plans to develop organised trading spaces at the Poku Trading Area to provide a safer and more suitable environment for market women.
He said the Assembly would construct trading structures for traders, particularly those currently selling meat under poor conditions, at no cost to them.
“We cannot continue to allow our market women to trade under such poor conditions. We will therefore provide trading structures for them at no cost,” he said.
Mr. Boadi further disclosed that a targeted decongestion exercise will begin at Alabar on August 17, 2026, to restore order and improve movement within the area.
He stressed that the exercise was not intended to harass traders but to ensure free movement of people and vehicles while reducing the risk of accidents.
“From August 17, we will begin a targeted decongestion exercise at Alabar. This is not about harassing traders. It is about restoring order, ensuring free movement of people and vehicles, and preventing avoidable accidents,” he said.
The KMA boss said the interventions form part of his administration’s broader vision to reposition Kumasi as a cleaner, safer and well-planned metropolis.
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