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By Grace Princess Tarwo, GNA

Accra, Oct 23,
GNA
As part of efforts to eliminate open defecation menace at Buduburam, the
environmental health unit arrested five persons in the community for openly
defecating.

Buduburam is in
the Gomoa East District in the Central region.

The men were
arrested and detained at the community police station for some hours and later
made to desilt the drains along the main road to deter others from engaging in
similar acts.

Mr Lawrence
Ansah Brew, the Environmental Health Officer at Buduburam said the community
had about 15 public toilet facilities and there was no excuse for anyone to
defecate outside the facilities.

He said owners
of the residence complained to the unit, which made them to up with residents
to bring the culprits to book.

Mr Ansah Brew
said they caught offenders openly defecating at residences in an estate that
shared boundaries with Buduburam during their routine exercise to fetch them.

The health
officer said they embarked on series of educational campaigns in schools on
sanitation in the community and held clean-up exercises to educate the people
on the need to live in a hygienic environment.

“We will
continue to do our best and educate them more on the essence of sanitation”.

He called on
the public to desist from such acts that were a hindrance to their health and
urged house owners to build household toilets whenever they were putting up
buildings.

GNA


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