Court Fines 8 Persons GH¢400 Each for open defecation

 An Elmina Magistrate Court  in Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipality of the Central region has sentenced 8 persons to a fine GH¢400   each or default serve various prison terms for engaging in open defecation. The convicts made up of 6 males and 2 females were arrested by the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipal assembly sanitation guards at the Elmina beach easing […]

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 An Elmina Magistrate Court  in Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipality of the Central region has sentenced 8 persons to a fine GH¢400   each or default serve various prison terms for engaging in open defecation.

The convicts made up of 6 males and 2 females were arrested by the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipal assembly sanitation guards at the Elmina beach easing them.

They were subsequently arraigned before court and found guilty of  breaching the sanitation bylaws  of the area and slapped with the fine out of which  GH¢100   will go to the local assembly and the rest to central government.

  Mr. Alex Damtey who is the municipal sanitation officer told EIB’s Central Regional Correspondent Kwaku Baah-Acheamfour that the arrests and subsequent prosecution of offenders will help prevent a potential disease outbreak as the area was not spared in terms of infections in the recent cholera outbreak in the region.
He described open defecation as a security threat to the nation and must be fought with the needed attention.

He explained that the disease outbreak associated with poor sanitation practices including open defecation could ultimately lead to deaths thereby causing the country to lose potential human resource needed in developing the country.

Mr. Damptey stressed that open defecation at the beaches if left unchecked could even affect revenue from tourism especially at the Elmina Castle as tourists won’t find the place attractive enough to visit.

By: Ghana/Ultimatefmonline.com/106.9FM

 

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