Government is seriously considering a suggestion for the establishment of sanitation courts throughout the country. Papa Owusu Ankomah, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and MP for Sekondi, made this known when addressing a rally the Kojokrom branch of the NPP at Kojokrom organised over the weekend.
He said the establishment of sanitation courts had become necessary in view of the attitude of some Ghanaians, who throw rubbish about indiscriminately. Mr Ankomah said filth is swallowing every part of the country and unless stringent measures are taken to check the practice the country would be hit by a serious epidemic.
He said sanitary overseers would undertake house-to-house inspection and those found not to be keeping their environment clean would be prosecuted. Papa Ankomah therefore, urged chiefs, assemblymen and organisations to mobilise their people to undertake clean-up exercises.
He said under the NPP government, most Ghanaians are enjoying "real freedom, more than under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government." He said many people are now expressing their views on issues freely without any fear of arrest and intimidation.
Papa Ankomah said the government has also been laying sound foundations for the country's economy and this has resulted in the reduction of inflation, interest rate, stabilisation of the cedi and even a reduction of school fees.
He assured Ghanaians that Ghana would soon see more positive results from the government's efforts. Papa Ankomah disclosed that the rehabilitation of the Inchaban-Sekondi road and other roads in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis would soon be put to tender for construction work to start by the end of the year.
