The Environmental office of the Obuasi Municipal Assembly has started a campaign dubbed "Name, shame, sanction" campaign.

 

The campaign is to raise awareness on the need to keep the environment clean after the rise in sanitation problems in the Municipality.

 

As part of the campaign, the Environmental officers move with a media team from Obuasi to identify places in Obuasi especially chop bar operators and filling stations who flout environmental laws, arrest and penalize offenders.

 

The campaign is also intended to assist the Obuasi Municipal Assembly to enforce sanitation bye-laws and raise awareness about the need to keep our environments clean.

 

Briefing the media after the first round of the exercise, the Municipal Environmental Health officer, Fuseina Imoro said the rationale behind the exercise was to follow up on feedback from the general public about the unsanitary conditions at some chop bars in Obuasi.

 

"We decided to involve the media in this exercise to serve as a deterrent to those who constantly flout our laws with impunity. We have had a lot of complaints from the general public and our officers on the ground so this time around we decided to involve the media to name and shame offenders ", Miss Imoro added.

 

She said as part of the exercise, they issued abatement notices to those who had violated environmental laws to afford them the time and space to correct their wrongs. She emphasized that her office will do a follow up to ascertain whether the anomalies detected have been corrected.

 

"When we come back and see things are the same, we will process offenders for court".

 

She said the Assembly has resolved to enforce its environmental bye-laws to ensure full compliance in a bid to keep the environment clean.