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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