AMA prosecutes 115 persons for dumping in drains, burning waste, and other sanitation offences
A total of 115 persons have been prosecuted by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) for failing to comply with its 2017 Sanitation bye-laws between January and March 2022.
Their offences include dumping of waste into drains, burning of refuse in residential areas, insanitary drains in front of their premises, non-registration with accredited waste collectors, overgrowth of weeds in their surroundings, lack of household toilets and open defecation.
The rest were lack of suitability, health and safety certificates, preparing and selling food under unhygienic conditions, and lack of food handlers’ certificates.
