The Municipal Chief Executive for Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly Hon Dr. Michael Mensah on Saturday 7^th February 2026 held a community engagement with residents of Airport Residential area at the Restored Bride of Christ Church. The purpose of this meeting was to solicit the concerns of residents to enable the assembly to address them appropriately for effective communal development. The meeting brought together several residents of the electoral area, unit committee members and opinion leaders. Also present at the occasion were the Assembly member of the electoral area, Mr. Jacob Agyenim Boateng and some officials of the Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly.

The MCE expressed his appreciation to all residents and stakeholders for honoring the meeting. He stated that the purpose of the meeting was to find out their problems to enable the assembly factor them into their plans and to appropriately resolve them, hence, they should not hesitate to bring their problems. Before giving the people, the opportunity to voice out the concerns, he noted that there was money allocation for the construction of a toilet facility in the area. However, there was no land space in the area. So, he urged residents to find a land space where the toilet can be sited.

Being given the opportunity, the residents warmly welcomed the MCE and his entourage and commended them for such initiative. Amongst the concerns raised were the claim of ownership of some land by a prominent Chief who manages the Benfiba Group of Companies, the issue of poor sanitation, inadequate streetlights, no direct car from Shangrilla to Dzorwulu, broken bridge, poor sewage systems, security issues, and amongst other. Also, residents were educated on available jobs provided by the Youth Employment Agency to help resolve unemployment issues.

The concerns of the residents were noted by the MCE and his team for which they provided appropriate responses to the concerns raised. The MCE further urged residents to involve themselves in the monthly sanitation exercises to make their community clean. He assured the residents that the Assembly would try their possible best to provide solutions to all issues raised and further thanked them for making the meeting a success.

Source: Municipal ISD Office