By Edward Williams, GNA
Hohoe (V/R), Aug. 13, GNA – Mr Daniel Dotse Eklo, the Environmental Health Analyst and Hohoe Municipal Assembly Prosecutor, has cautioned the public on the failure to participate in national exercises.
He said the National Sanitation Day (NSD) exercise held every first Thursday of each month was compulsory and legally binding on every citizen.
Mr Eklo, speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) after securing convictions for some six defaulters, said court convictions were not just paying a fine or serving jail term.
He said it could lead to a dent on an individual’s records in the future, hence the need for all to do their best to avoid such convictions.
Mr Eklo said most citizens in the Municipality were failing to comply with the directive upon several engagements and information on media platforms when the day was due for the exercise.
He noted that some traders who owned shops along the roadside would not come to support in cleaning the drains and the environment as directed by the Assembly but came to open their shops and be selling to the public.
Mr Eklo said the six convicts were first time offenders, but their prosecution would serve as a deterrent to others.
He said sanitation was a responsibility of all hence everyone must rally around and keep the environment clean to make the municipality a clean and nice place.
Mr Eklo further warned that any individuals or groups who attempted to distract or prevent sanitation officers from carrying out their duties were liable for an offence.
The six convicts were fined between GHS 180 and GHS 240, or they would serve a one-month prison term.
GNA
Edited by Maxwell Awumah/Benjamin Mensah
Reporter: Edward Williams
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