One of the areas turned into a refuse dump
The Afigya Kwabre South District Assembly has summoned 17 individuals and institutions for various sanitation offences, with the offenders expected to face prosecution as authorities intensify efforts to enforce environmental sanitation laws.
The offenders were cited during a nationwide clean-up exercise organised across the district to improve environmental hygiene and promote public health.
Among those summoned is the management of the Shell filling station at Afrancho, for allowing large volumes of refuse to accumulate on its premises in breach of the Assembly’s sanitation bylaws.
Several business operators were also cited for operating in filthy surroundings, with the frontages of their shops left unkempt despite repeated public education campaigns and directives from the Assembly on the need to maintain clean environment.
The clean-up exercise brought together personnel from the Ghana Police Service, staff of the District Assembly, churches, non-governmental organisations and residents, who cleared heaps of refuse and desilted choked drains and gutters across the district.
Speaking to DAILY GUIDE, District Environmental Health Analyst, Kwame Kusi Agyemang-Badu, disclosed that most of the offenders were from the Buoho and Afrancho communities.
He warned that the Assembly would prosecute the offenders to serve as a deterrent to others who continue to flout the district’s environmental sanitation regulations.
The District Coordinating Director, Yakubu Baba Seidu Kamara, also told DAILY GUIDE that the Assembly would not relent in enforcing its sanitation bylaws.
He condemned the persistent disregard for sanitation regulations by some residents and business operators and urged the public to adopt proper waste management practices and support the Assembly’s efforts to maintain a clean, healthy and environmentally safe district.
FROM David Afum, Afrancho