Asamankese, Nov. 25, GNA - The Environmental Health Unit of the West Akyem Municipal Assembly has intensified its campaign for sound environmental cleanliness in the area. The campaign involved educating the people of the importance of clean surroundings to do away with avoidable diseases like malaria, cholera and typhoid fever.

Officers of the unit have also started prosecuting people who flouted laws on sanitation. In that connection, five persons were on Wednesday arraigned before the Asamankese Circuit Court charged with nuisance Osumanu Mohammed, Sumaila Sani, Issaka Alhassan, John Dotse and Bernard Akpe pleaded guilty and were fined GHC 72 each. In default, each of them will serve 30 days in prison. Prosecuting, Mr Samuel Danso, the Municipal Environmental Health Officer, said Mohammed, Sani and Alhassan did permit unsanitary drain behind their house at Asamankese. He explained that the three lived at Asamankese old Zongo and in their house; there was a drain into which all waste water generated in the house went.

They were given enough education and warned to keep the drain clean but failed to do so and were charged for court. On November 13, the three failed to appear in court and a bench warrant was issued for their arrest.

Dotse and Akpe, both residents at Topease, on September 28, did permit human excreta on their premises. Mr. Danso said on many occasions they were warned against dumping of refuse indiscriminately, permitting growth of weeds surrounding their premises and permitting human excreta to be exposed in their house but those advice fell on deaf hears.

The two were summoned to appear in court on November 13 and bench warrant was issued for their arrest when they failed to do so. 25 Nov. 09