News:
October 6, 2015
The Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho has hinted of an impending specialized sanitation court to prosecute sanitation offenders across the country.
At a ceremony to inaugurate the Ho Municipal Assembly, the Speaker said the Ministry of Local Government is having discussions with Chief Justice about the need to create special courts to facilitate the prosecution of sanitation offenders.
He said this will go a long way to maintain the environment clean at all times.
Poor sanitation has been a major challenge to the country’s development. Last year over hundred people died as a result of cholera outbreak across the country.
A National Sanitation Day was instituted in order to address the issue of poor sanitation.
The Speaker believes it is about time the canker is addressed once and for all.
Edward Doe Adjaho also challenged the newly inducted Assembly members to put the needs of their people at heart.
This is the first step towards ensuring development in the various electoral areas, he said.
Amongst other things, he urged them to explore avenues for job creation, citing agriculture as the most profitable venture.
“One major function of the assembly is to explore avenues for the creation of employment for your people.
“…One sure area where there is comparative advantage is in the agricultural sector which is the source of providing surplus food and raw materials for both industry and export.
“As an assembly you must work towards a diversified and commercially oriented agricultural sector with strong linkages with processing, industrial and market oriented sectors.
“In this way you will be generating employment for the youth of Ghana and you will be addressing the issue of reducing rural poverty,” he said.