MAN JAILED FOR LITTERING 🚮
Court gave man two months jail term for littering in the capital town of Ghana yesterday by the La District Sanitation and Motor Court.
The La District Sanitation and Motor Court in Accra on Thursday 25th, April 2019 has sentenced one, Kwame Akyere to two months imprisonment with hard labour for littering in the Central Business District (CBD) of Accra.
Kwame Akyere who is in his 30s pleaded guilty for his act. He was sentenced on his own plea due to his inability to pay a fine of GH₵360.00 when he appeared before the court presided over by Her Worship Juliet Dudoo, together with 35 other persons charged for the same offences.
The accused persons were arrested by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly’s (AMA’s) Sanitation and Monitoring taskforce during their daily routine patrol at the Central Business District (CBD) within the metropolis.
The accused persons name were given as, Ebenezer Oduro , Kweku Bonsu , Nana yaw Amoesi , Akua Afriyie, Maa Abena , Ramatu Abukari, Kennedy Klutse, Ibrahim Mutalah , Adam Mariam , Asamoah Justice , Kojo Gyan , Appiah Johnson ,Ashia Abdullah, Christina Owusu, Ama Akyeme, Holy Opoku, Augustina Addai , Beauty Ayiyebu, Mohammed Ali, Jonathan Aidoo and Moro Ali.
The rest includes Cynthia Fuseini, Ofori Adama Julie, Gifty Duku, Victoria Adeiaya, Ali Gyaa, Mary Mensah and William Eden. Eight of them were traders, giving their name as Akua Anorbea, Esther Peprah, Abena Asaba, Naomi Akrong, Portia Asor, Gifty Mensah and Gloria Abbor. They were cautioned and discharged by the court while 28 commuters were given various fines of different ranges.
On an interview with Mr. Gilbert Nii Ankrah, the Head of Public Affairs at the AMA, said the prosecution is part of the measures set by the Assembly to curb the sanitation situation in the city.
He noted that the AMA sanitation bye-law, 2017, does not discriminate and so any person found throwing litter, refuse, or other waste material into gutters, drains or unauthorised places which may lead to chocking/blocking the free passage of running water must face the law equally. Urging the residents to adapt the use dustbin to avoid littering and refrain from dumping into drains and unauthorised areas and register with accredited waste management service providers to collect their waste as well to ensure a cleanness in the city and Ghana as a whole.
By: Akgri m. Daniel
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
GHANA SPENDS $290m ANNUALLY ON POOR SANITATION - SANITATION MINISTER
Ghana stands at losing $290 million annually in the fight against poor sanitation across the country.
Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, disclosed this on Tuesday in Accra, while reading a study conducted by the Water and Sanitation Programme of the World Bank.
The study, she says, reviles that the amount is equivalent to $12 per person per year in Ghana which represents to 1.6 percent of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP). “It makes a lot of economic sense to invest in sanitation; every Dollar invested in sanitation yields $5 dividends.” Mrs. Dapaah stressed.
The Minister further indicated that sanitation services delivery in the country have witnessed a significant improvement in recent times as compared to previous years. She said, “ based on the 2019 report released by the Ministry of Monitoring and Evaluation, 75% of the solid waste generated in the urban centres is now properly managed.”
She said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa is the ministry number one priority and so the strategies and measures adopted by the ministry is to see the vision come to pass by improving on sanitation situation in the country within a short period of time.
She explained that “this vision is actively being pursued highly by the Ministry in collaboration with the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), the stakeholders and other private service providers.” She said the ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has lazed up its monitoring efforts to ensure service delivery by the MMDAs and members of the environmental Services Providers Association (ESPA) within the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and its environs in particular and across the entire country as a whole.
By: Akgri M. Daniel
Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, disclosed this on Tuesday in Accra, while reading a study conducted by the Water and Sanitation Programme of the World Bank.
The study, she says, reviles that the amount is equivalent to $12 per person per year in Ghana which represents to 1.6 percent of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP). “It makes a lot of economic sense to invest in sanitation; every Dollar invested in sanitation yields $5 dividends.” Mrs. Dapaah stressed.
The Minister further indicated that sanitation services delivery in the country have witnessed a significant improvement in recent times as compared to previous years. She said, “ based on the 2019 report released by the Ministry of Monitoring and Evaluation, 75% of the solid waste generated in the urban centres is now properly managed.”
She said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa is the ministry number one priority and so the strategies and measures adopted by the ministry is to see the vision come to pass by improving on sanitation situation in the country within a short period of time.
She explained that “this vision is actively being pursued highly by the Ministry in collaboration with the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), the stakeholders and other private service providers.” She said the ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has lazed up its monitoring efforts to ensure service delivery by the MMDAs and members of the environmental Services Providers Association (ESPA) within the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and its environs in particular and across the entire country as a whole.
By: Akgri M. Daniel
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
DENASE, AKOM RESIDENTS PROVIDED WITH NEW TOILET AND SANITATION SITE
The residents of Denase and Akom in the Afigya Kwabre North District in the Ashanti region have been provided with a new modern toilet facility constructed under the Initiative of the assembly member of the area.
Mr Anthony Oteng, the assemblyman of the communities in support by the district assembly was able to raised two edifice facility in the Denase community consists of a 20-seater water closet each for both men and women, 12 bath houses, two each children’s toilets for girls and boys and refuse containers to help promote sanitation standard in the community. Mean while, another 20- seater water closet each for both men and women was built at Akom within the same electoral area in the district to serve the same purpose.
The project was to replace the old dilapidated toilet constructed over 70 years ago, which had become a death-trap to the residents.
On an interview with Hon Oteng by DamakSanitationWatch-News, said the provision of the toilet facilities became necessary because of persistent complaints from the residents including traditional authorities and opinion leaders, as they could not bear the health hazards from the old structure, saying it was also part of his efforts to curb open defecation in the two communities and to minimize environmental related disease such as cholera and typhoid. He said open defecation was a major challenge to the entire electoral area which the assembly will set up a taskforce to continue monitor persons who would still practice open defecating and bring them to book.
Hon. Oteng, commended the District Chief Executive of the district, Hon Acheamfour karikari through whom the initiated project for the two communities in two years ago when he was the DCE for the two districts (Afigya Kwabre North and South).
“This initiative, I saw it laudable, hence the need for me to continue and complete the project to ease the problem of our people and to create a sound environment devoid of diseases,” he said, adding that he would constantly monitor the maintenance of the facility.
By: Akgri M. Daniel
Mr Anthony Oteng, the assemblyman of the communities in support by the district assembly was able to raised two edifice facility in the Denase community consists of a 20-seater water closet each for both men and women, 12 bath houses, two each children’s toilets for girls and boys and refuse containers to help promote sanitation standard in the community. Mean while, another 20- seater water closet each for both men and women was built at Akom within the same electoral area in the district to serve the same purpose.
The project was to replace the old dilapidated toilet constructed over 70 years ago, which had become a death-trap to the residents.
On an interview with Hon Oteng by DamakSanitationWatch-News, said the provision of the toilet facilities became necessary because of persistent complaints from the residents including traditional authorities and opinion leaders, as they could not bear the health hazards from the old structure, saying it was also part of his efforts to curb open defecation in the two communities and to minimize environmental related disease such as cholera and typhoid. He said open defecation was a major challenge to the entire electoral area which the assembly will set up a taskforce to continue monitor persons who would still practice open defecating and bring them to book.
“This initiative, I saw it laudable, hence the need for me to continue and complete the project to ease the problem of our people and to create a sound environment devoid of diseases,” he said, adding that he would constantly monitor the maintenance of the facility.
By: Akgri M. Daniel
Monday, April 15, 2019
OTUMFOUR'S 20th ANNIVERSARY, YOURTH GROUPS EMBARKED ON SANITATION EXERCISE AT MANHYHIA PALACE
Youth groups from far and near within the Asante Kingdom on Saturday 13th April, 2019 caried out a massive clean up exercise at the Manhyia Palace and its environs ensuring cleanliness as part of the 20th anniversary celebration of Otumfour Osei tutu II, Asantehene ( the king of the Asante Kingdom).
The groups were Manhyia Youth Association, Ashanti Youth Association, Kumasi Parliament, Ashanti Students Association, NABCO employees and the Kajetia Petty Traders Association as well as the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly.
The dignitaries among the youth groups were Hon. Collins Owusu Amankwaa MP for Manhyia North constituency in the Ashanti Region, Mayor of Kumasi, Hon. Osei Assibey Antwi, His Excellency Jacob Osei Yeboah, the independent presidential candidate for 2016 general elections and to mentioned a few. The exercise was directed to scrubbing of gutters, picking, planting of tick and removal of unauthorised bill boards etc.
Addressing the participants of the cleaning exercise at the Manhyia Palace, the Mayor of Kumasi, Hon. Assibey urged the general public to keep their environment clean to ensure healthy living in our communities across the country.
The celebration at its peak has attracted both local and foreign observers.
By: Akgri M. Daniel
Youth groups from far and near within the Asante Kingdom on Saturday 13th April, 2019 caried out a massive clean up exercise at the Manhyia Palace and its environs ensuring cleanliness as part of the 20th anniversary celebration of Otumfour Osei tutu II, Asantehene ( the king of the Asante Kingdom).
The groups were Manhyia Youth Association, Ashanti Youth Association, Kumasi Parliament, Ashanti Students Association, NABCO employees and the Kajetia Petty Traders Association as well as the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly.
The dignitaries among the youth groups were Hon. Collins Owusu Amankwaa MP for Manhyia North constituency in the Ashanti Region, Mayor of Kumasi, Hon. Osei Assibey Antwi, His Excellency Jacob Osei Yeboah, the independent presidential candidate for 2016 general elections and to mentioned a few. The exercise was directed to scrubbing of gutters, picking, planting of tick and removal of unauthorised bill boards etc.
Addressing the participants of the cleaning exercise at the Manhyia Palace, the Mayor of Kumasi, Hon. Assibey urged the general public to keep their environment clean to ensure healthy living in our communities across the country.
The celebration at its peak has attracted both local and foreign observers.
By: Akgri M. Daniel
Friday, April 12, 2019
PEOPLE SHARE STAGNANT WATER WITH ANIMALS FOR SAVING AT MIAWANI
The people living in a village called Miawani in the Suhum Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana are struggling with animals over stagnant greened water for living.
Miawani is a small and farming community site in the Suhum municipality in the Eastern Region with the population of three thousand plus. The people in the area hardly get good water to drink. They always fight with animals to share with them waters found in shallow ponds and Rivers especially during the drought season.
On an interview with Mr. Awuah Asamoah, a member of the community leaders, he told DamakSanitationWatch-News how Critical is the situation they have been going through past years. He said the major source of water in the community is a shallow pond laying down closer to the village cemetery. He said when it rains, all kinds of felt including rotten remains from the near by cemetery are wash into the pond they drink in causing all kinds of sickness in the Miawani community.
According to them, all efforts have been made to get help from government but it's failed.
Mr. Awuah is therefore appealing on the international communities to come to their aid by providing them with portable drinking water.
He said as the situation persist, they are still ones again appealing to the government through the member of parliament for the Suhum constituency, Mr. Frederick Opare Ansah and Suhum municipal chief executive officer, Mrs. Margaret Darko to act amicably to the unbearable water situation affecting Miawani community.
By: Akgri M. Daniel
Miawani is a small and farming community site in the Suhum municipality in the Eastern Region with the population of three thousand plus. The people in the area hardly get good water to drink. They always fight with animals to share with them waters found in shallow ponds and Rivers especially during the drought season.
On an interview with Mr. Awuah Asamoah, a member of the community leaders, he told DamakSanitationWatch-News how Critical is the situation they have been going through past years. He said the major source of water in the community is a shallow pond laying down closer to the village cemetery. He said when it rains, all kinds of felt including rotten remains from the near by cemetery are wash into the pond they drink in causing all kinds of sickness in the Miawani community.
According to them, all efforts have been made to get help from government but it's failed.
Mr. Awuah is therefore appealing on the international communities to come to their aid by providing them with portable drinking water.
He said as the situation persist, they are still ones again appealing to the government through the member of parliament for the Suhum constituency, Mr. Frederick Opare Ansah and Suhum municipal chief executive officer, Mrs. Margaret Darko to act amicably to the unbearable water situation affecting Miawani community.
By: Akgri M. Daniel
OPEN DEFECATION, A MAJOR PROBLEM AT BROFOYEDU COMMUNITY
Old latrine picture shown
The major challenge residents of Brofoyedu, a deprived community with a population less than five thousand in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region are facing in time memoral is open defecation.
The community for the past twenty five years have been left undeveloped. The community which is not far from the district capital town ( Kodie) is still using the outmoded methods for developmental projects that they do embark on. Through communal labour, they dig boreholes and public latrines etc. for the community use.
Speaking to some of the occupants on the situation, they said they have been exposed to open defecating because the youth are not ready to contribute in communal labour when organised and the aged once are no longer strong enough to support in digging new latrine and this worsen the situation in the area.
Mr. Duncan Nkrumah Opoku, the assembly member of the area told DamakSanitationWatch-News that several efforts have been made to draw government attention on the matter yet it fails. He therefore appealing on government and nongovernmental organizations to help rescue them before things get out of hand.
By: Akgri M Daniel
Sunday, April 7, 2019
WOMASE & APIRE YOUTH EMBARK ON COMMUNAL LABOUR
Womase & Apire youth in collaboration with an aspiring Assembly member of the area have today 7th April, 2019 embarked on a communal labour to clean, fill out holes and casting concrete covert on the open gutters in order to keep healthy environment for living.
The communal labour was concentrated much on Sanitation. Thus sweeping and scrubbing the stagnant gutters to prevent Mosquito breeding and the outbreak of any related disease that may cause by the poor sanitation system in the area.
Nana Kwabena Opoku, the youth organizer/leader ( Mbrentiehene) for Womase community expressed his gratitude to the entire youth, elders and the aspiring Assembly member for their tremendous support during communal labour exercise. He said fifteen bags of cement was given in support of the exercise by Mr. Frank Awuah, the aspiring Assembly member.
Speaking to some of the youth, Mrs. Angelina Aikins told ADINKRA TV about the difficulty the aged and children went through when it rains. She said the open gutters swallow their children when they are over flood and the elderly people can't easily cross.
Mr. Frank Awuah (aka Tango), the aspiring Assembly member of the area has made an appeal on the youth groups to team up, with the little knowledge, skills and the physical strength that individual has to support in developing their societies rather than engaged oneself in drugs and immoral act. He said the fifteen bags of cement and the street bulbs for Womase community is not the first time he is helping, many have been already done and yet more is on way to come.
"I am not doing it for vote seek but it is my passion to help people in the communities I'm living with because the government alone cannot do it all ". He added.
By: Akgri M. Daniel
Womase & Apire youth in collaboration with an aspiring Assembly member of the area have today 7th April, 2019 embarked on a communal labour to clean, fill out holes and casting concrete covert on the open gutters in order to keep healthy environment for living.
The communal labour was concentrated much on Sanitation. Thus sweeping and scrubbing the stagnant gutters to prevent Mosquito breeding and the outbreak of any related disease that may cause by the poor sanitation system in the area.
Nana Kwabena Opoku, the youth organizer/leader ( Mbrentiehene) for Womase community expressed his gratitude to the entire youth, elders and the aspiring Assembly member for their tremendous support during communal labour exercise. He said fifteen bags of cement was given in support of the exercise by Mr. Frank Awuah, the aspiring Assembly member.
Speaking to some of the youth, Mrs. Angelina Aikins told ADINKRA TV about the difficulty the aged and children went through when it rains. She said the open gutters swallow their children when they are over flood and the elderly people can't easily cross.Mr. Frank Awuah (aka Tango), the aspiring Assembly member of the area has made an appeal on the youth groups to team up, with the little knowledge, skills and the physical strength that individual has to support in developing their societies rather than engaged oneself in drugs and immoral act. He said the fifteen bags of cement and the street bulbs for Womase community is not the first time he is helping, many have been already done and yet more is on way to come.
"I am not doing it for vote seek but it is my passion to help people in the communities I'm living with because the government alone cannot do it all ". He added.
By: Akgri M. Daniel
Monday, April 1, 2019
OPEN DEFECATION HIT ABIRA COMMUNITY 🚮
The occupants of Abira community, a suburb in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District in the Ashanti Region are exposed to open defecating due to lack of toilet facility.
Abira is a farming community with about one thousand in population. The community since memorial have been left out in terms of development especially sanitation. Residents are forced to excrete in the open space because the old latrine used by the community is damaged imposing threat to life.
They are therefore appealing on government, their Member of Parliament, Hon. Benito Owusu Bio, the district chief executive, Hon. Rebecca Yeboah, stakeholders and nongovernmental organizations to come to their aid. They need modern public toilet facilities and proper refuse management field to help improve sanitation at Abira and its environs.
By: Akgri M. Daniel
Abira is a farming community with about one thousand in population. The community since memorial have been left out in terms of development especially sanitation. Residents are forced to excrete in the open space because the old latrine used by the community is damaged imposing threat to life.
They are therefore appealing on government, their Member of Parliament, Hon. Benito Owusu Bio, the district chief executive, Hon. Rebecca Yeboah, stakeholders and nongovernmental organizations to come to their aid. They need modern public toilet facilities and proper refuse management field to help improve sanitation at Abira and its environs.
By: Akgri M. Daniel
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