The La District Sanitation and Motor Court has sentenced one, Kwame Akyere to two months imprisonment for littering the Central Business District (CBD) of Accra.
Kwame Akyere was sentenced on his own plea due to his inability to pay a GH₵360 fine when he appeared before the court presided over by Juliet Dudoo last week, together with some 35 other persons for the same offence.
The accused persons were arrested by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly’s (AMA’s) Sanitation and Monitoring taskforce while they patrolled the Central Business District (CBD).
They include 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 were Cynthia Fuseini, Ofori Adama Julie, Gifty Duku, Victoria Adeiaya, Ali Gyaa, Mary Mensah and William Eden.
Out of the number, eight traders, namely Akua Anorbea, Esther Peprah, Abena Asaba, Naomi Akrong, Portia Asor, Gifty Mensah, Gloria Abbor were cautioned and discharged by the court while 28 commuters were given various fines ranging between 15 and 30 penalty units.
According to the Head of Public Affairs at the AMA, Mr. Gilbert Nii Ankrah the prosecution forms part of efforts by the Assembly to make the city clean adding that the Assembly, before the beginning of the operation earlier last week, cautioned the public and traders to desist from dumping indiscriminately and since then, the Assembly was bent on enforcing its bylaws.
“Before the operation, the Information Service Van was all over the CBD educating traders and commuters, even during weekends about the operation and the need to desist from littering the streets,” he said.
He noted that the AMA cleaning bye-law, 2017, “prohibits any person from throwing litter, refuse, or other matter into gutters, drain or unauthorised places which may cause nuisance or block the free passage of running water” and urged all to use bins.
He stressed that the Assembly’s task force would be on the lookout for such persons and ensure that the law takes its course to deter would-be offenders.
He also urged residents not to litter and desist from dumping into drains and unauthorised locations and register with accredited waste service providers to collect their waste to ensure a clean city.
Source: AMA
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It's a bad habit and we need to stop it, throwing things around indiscriminately like that. What is that?
Keep it on
SO WHAT BRAINS ARE IN THE HEADS OF THESE JUDGES AND MCE'S . WHY NOT GET THIS GUY TO DO COMMUNNAL WORK AND AT THE SAME TIME LIVE HIS PRODUCTIVE LIFE AND EARN A LIVING. IS THE SENTENCE REFORMATIVE OR FOR DESTRUCTION. CHAI...GHANA IS DOOMED.
Desilting gutters & sweeping the streets will be perfect. Imagine a well dressed gentleman/lady pulled out of a vehicle and asked to desilt the gutters for throwing rubbish about perfect. AMA let's take this serious and shouldn't be a nine day wonder
Let us decongest the prisons with these minor offences but punish culprits with heavy fines and months of community services. Whilst in jail the State will spend money to house, feed and protect them. They could useful and learn better lesson with fines and community services to keep our nation clean. It shouldn't be Accra alone but nationwide. All Ghanaians need a serious attitudinal change. Period
Good move but then I think instead of jailing him , he should be made to desilt a portion of the odaw and also sweep a designated portion from dawn to dusk . This is to allow some space in our already- crowded prisons.
GOOD
Good. Jail some more.