Punish the offenders - President lashes at environment degraders

President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday called for disciplinary measures to check unhealthy environmental practices in society which degrade the environment and result in costly flooding, reports The Ghanaian Times.

He emphasised that whereas appropriate punishment should be prescribed for people who subject the environment to unsanitary conditions, Local Government bye-laws should be made to work to protect the environment and keep the drainage system clean and refrain from littering the environment.

President Kufour made the call at the State Award Scheme at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Accra.

In an apparent reference to the recent floods which hit some parts of Accra, the President said, "we must as a society demonstrate that we are learning from the adversaries that affect us and we must begin to show evidence from now."