Three jailed 2-yrs for indiscriminate dumping of waste

The La Sanitation and Motor Court has sentenced three persons to eight months imprisonment each for indiscriminate dumping of refuse in some parts of Accra. 

The three, Mawuli Kumodzie, Peter Nytel and Abdul Razak who were sentenced on their own plea could not pay a six hundred cedis fine which is equivalent to 50 penalty units. 

They appeared before the court on Tuesday together with some four other persons for contravening Act 851 section 56 a and b of the Public Health Act 2012. 

The Prosecutor, Nii Okaine Aryee, told the court presided over by Juliet Duduo that the accused persons were arrested by the assembly’s taskforce on the 12th of this month at about 4:30am dumping refuse at unauthorized places in the Central Business District. 

The other four accused people, Diana Doudu, 19, Regina Tsotsoo Money, 41, Elizabeth Serwaa 47 and Grace Akolatse, 38, however managed to pay the six hundred cedis fine each. 

The cases of Sulley Muntari , 21, Mathew Akrofi 45, Michael Oko 24 and Hakeem Salifu 26 have been adjourned to Apirl 5.

As part of efforts to improve sanitation in the city, the AMA has deployed its taskforce to embark on night and dawn patrol which was identified as the period some people dump their rubbish on the streets.

The assembly therefore warned city dwellers to desist from acts that are against the bye laws or risk being prosecuted. 
 
SOURCE: AMA (PR Unit)
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