Mohammed Adjei Sowah, AMA Boss
The La Sanitation and Motor Court has sentenced three persons to a total of 24 months’ imprisonment for indiscriminate dumping refuse in some parts of Accra.
The three, Mawuli Kumodzie, Peter Nytel and Abdul Razak, who were convicted on their own plea, were unable to pay a GH¢600 fine, equivalent to 50 penalty units when they appeared before the court together with some seven other persons who contravened Act 851 Section 56 a and b of the Public Health Act 2012.
The prosecutor Nii Okai Aryee told the court presided over by Juliet Duduo that the accused persons were arrested by the assembly’s taskforce on 12th March, 2018 at about 4:30am while on their routine monitoring around the central business district for dumping refuse at unauthorized places.
The four, namely Diana Doudu, 19, Regina Tsotsoo Money, 41, Elizabeth Serwaa 47, and Grace Akolatse, 38, however managed to pay the GH¢600 fine each totaling GH¢4,200.
However, the cases of Sulley Muntari, 21, Mathew Akrofi, 45, Michael Oko, 24 and Hakeem Salifu, 26, have been adjourned to April 5, 2018.
As part of efforts to improve sanitation in the city, the AMA has deployed its taskforce to patrol the city during the night and at dawn since those are the hours some people dump their rubbish on the streets.
The Assembly has therefore urged residents to be disciplined and desist from acts that are against the Assembly’s bye laws or risk being prosecuted.