The Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly has prosecuted eight sanitation offenders. The culprits were arrested for dumping refuse in the Central Business District of Kasoa, a practice contributing largely to poor sanitation conditions in the area.
The arrests were made by an ad-hoc task force established by the Assembly to patrol within the municipality, monitor, and arrest sanitation offenders.
They were subsequently arraigned before the Kasoa-Ofaakor circuit court, and fines of up to GHC1,000 were slapped against them.
“We have successfully arrested and prosecuted eight persons for dumping refuse in the CBD. These persons carry their refuse from their houses as far as Akweley and dump them at the CBD, contributing to the sanitation crisis,” said Kasoa MCE, Seth Sabah Serwonoo-Banini, who spoke to Channel One News.
Following these successful prosecutions, the assembly is aiming to sustain the campaign and is expected to “outdoor a standing taskforce with membership from all state security agencies”- Seth Banini.
The Kasoa District Police Commander, ASP Emmanuel Amponsah, a member of the taskforce signaled the police’s “readiness to support the assembly in apprehending offenders”.
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