General News of Saturday, 15 December 2018Source: mynewsgh.comProsecute offenders of sanitation bye-laws – Minister orders assembliesSimon Osei-Mensah, Ashanti Regional MinisterThe Ashanti Regional Minster Mr. Simon Osei Mensah has ordered Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to prosecute people who violate sanitation bye laws within their respective jurisdictions. In Ghana, people who violate or offend sanitation bye-laws could be sentenced or fine by a law court or serve custodial sentences but this has been sidestepped with authorities looking on unconcerned. But the Minister who is worried over this development, gave order at the launch of the ‘Regional Clean and Green Campaign' in Kumasi at the Regional Coordinating Council Hall. He ordered that MMDAs have a greater responsibility to ensure that they implement in their jurisdictions the cleaning of communities, enforcement of sanitation bye laws and strengthening of prosecution of sanitation offenders. To this end, he cautioned MMDAs to also involve Assemblies and Unit Committee Members to drive the campaign with the responsibility of ensuring the growing of trees.

Source: GhanaWeb December 15, 2018 10:30 UTC