Seize and Bring Stray Cattle to Our Office; Kumasi Mayor to Concerned Residents

Mayor Richard Ofori Agyeman has appealed to residents of Kumasi to help address the menace of stray cattle around the airport roundabout and other restricted areas by rounding up such animals and bringing them to the KMA office.

This followed his visit to the site on Thursday morning after a viral video showing cattle grazing around the Kumasi Airport Roundabout.

The visibly frustrated Chief Executive, in a self-captured video, said the issue can be well dealt with when residents join the fight.

“The animals will not be stationed here, so the chief executive cannot leave whatever work there and come and stand here for 24 hours to wait for cattle that will come here. When the patrol team comes around and doesn’t find anything, they will also go back to other areas to do the work they are mandated to do.”

He recommended that concerned residents who encounter such situations should confiscate the animals and deliver them to the KMA office.

“My plea is that when you get here and see animals, be a responsible and good citizen, arrest the animal, bring it to KMA so that together we can build the kind of Kumasi we want.”

It may be recalled that the Mayor, after taking office, announced plans to clamp down on the indiscriminate grazing of herds across the metropolis.

Story by Hajara Fuseini

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