Cape Coast faces 9% rise in extreme poverty by 2033 

However, Mr George Justice Arthur, the Metropolitan Chief Executive, appealed for broad-based support during an earlier fundraising event for the Plan, urging residents, businesses, and civil society to join hands in financing projects that would improve infrastructure and social services.

It underscored the Metropolis’ socio‑economic vulnerabilities and called for targeted interventions to address the anticipated rise in extreme poverty over the plan period.

The Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly (CCMA) has said the number of residents living in extreme poverty in the area was projected to rise by about 9.