Eight individuals have been convicted by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for engaging in open defecation in parts of Accra.
The convicts were fined 50 penalty units, equivalent to GH¢600.
However, only one of them, identified as Raphael Adjetey, was able to settle the fine.
The rest, identified as Samuel Aryeequaye, Evans Derry, Kwesi Milla, Richard Quintin Coffie, Seidu Aminu, Awuaaba Michael, and Quarcoo Ernest, have since been remanded into prison custody.
Speaking after the court proceedings, the Head of Public Affairs at the AMA, Mr Gilbert Nii Ankrah, stated that Environmental Health Officers arrested the offenders during a night-time operation led by the Head of the Environmental Health Department, Mad. Florence Kuukyi.
He said the arrests were made at Bubuashie, Jamestown, and Chorkor as the Assembly intensified enforcement against unsanitary practices in the metropolis.
According to him, the AMA Environmental Health Department had commenced 24-hour operations to ensure compliance with sanitation by-laws, adding that officers had sustained day-and-night monitoring to curb public nuisance and protect public health.
He urged residents to desist from open defecation and use approved sanitary facilities, warning that the Assembly would continue arrests and prosecutions to deter offenders.
Story by Hajara Fuseini
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