Mentally challenged taken over the streets of Kumasi metropolis in the Ashanti Region whereby concerns have been raised about the safety of pedestrians and other road users.
Residents say one is likely to find a lunatic roaming the streets within every 100-metre interval; the activities of these mentally deranged persons had become a nuisance to them, and have thus called on city authorities to act swiftly.
Some of the inhabitants complained about the nuisance and danger such persons pose to them adding that Kumasi is fast deviating from its claim to fame as the Garden City of Ghana.
Some of the residents who spoke to j24newsgh on Tuesday, indicated that, they sometimes have to protect themselves from attacks from the mentally challenged.
Even they attacked them when they try to avoid them.
Families have refused to cater for them while the state lacks rehabilitation structures for them.
Residents say one is likely to find a lunatic roaming the streets within every 100-metre interval; the activities of these mentally deranged persons had become a nuisance to them, and have thus called on city authorities to act swiftly.
Some of the inhabitants complained about the nuisance and danger such persons pose to them adding that Kumasi is fast deviating from its claim to fame as the Garden City of Ghana.
Some of the residents who spoke to j24newsgh on Tuesday, indicated that, they sometimes have to protect themselves from attacks from the mentally challenged.
Even they attacked them when they try to avoid them.
Families have refused to cater for them while the state lacks rehabilitation structures for them.
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