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La-Nkwantanang MCE warns residents over illegal refuse sites
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the La-Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly, Mrs Jennifer Dede Adjabeng, has advised residents to refrain from indiscriminate dumping and littering in the area or have themselves to blame.
According to her, despite the arrest and prosecution of several offenders, the practice still persists, especially at the Zongo Junction area, thus making it difficult for the sanitation companies to meet their targets.
The MCE made these remarks after a clean-up exercise was conducted as part of the monthly campaign to get rid of filth in the area.
The five-hour exercise, which started at 5am and ended around 11am, had teams comprising the environmental staff of the assembly, Zoom Lion, traders, the security agencies and property owners who weeded the bushy surroundings and desilted chocked drains along the principal streets in the municipality.
She indicated that in order to achieve that noble objective of maintaining a clean and healthy environment, it behoves the citizenry to abide by their social routines and responsibilities by ensuring that the waste they generate were properly disposed of in order to avoid conflict with the law.
Mrs Adjabeng warned that the assembly would not take kindly to anyone caught dumping refuse in any part of the municipality, and urged the unit committees to increase their watchdog roles to prevent the highway from becoming dumping sites.
She said the assembly was also carrying out the sweeping and collection of sand along the N4 to prevent the waste being washed back into the drains along the highway.
So far, the exercise has been carried out from Ayi-Mensah to UPSA junction of the N4 Highway and some streets in the Central Business District, especially Chief Babaa Seidu Street has been cleaned.
The MCE charged all residents to be environmentally –conscious, particularly in this times of incoming rains in order not to create a fertile ground for any alarming incidents, adding that “there was the need to break any unhelpful cycle”.
By Lawrence Vomafa-Akpalu
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Chief Imam issues disclaimer on unauthorised petitions
The Office of the National Chief Imam has warned Muslim organizations and individuals against issuing statements and petitions to the Government in his name without permission.
In a statement, the Chief Imam said he had observed that some groups had been circulating petitions, including a recent one on Hajj, using his name without authorization.
He stressed that such actions were unlawful and cautioned those involved to stop or face the law.
The Chief Imam reminded the public that on October 4, 2022, he, together with the National Imams of all Muslim sects, signed a deed and presented it to the Government at the Jubilee House.
The agreement recognised the National Muslim Conference of Ghana as the official body representing Muslims in their dealings with state institutions.
He urged that any petitions meant to be sent to the Government in his name should go through the National Muslim Conference of Ghana with the approval of the Advisory Board of his office.
By: Jacob Aggrey
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Abronye remanded in police custody for one week
The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has been remanded into prison custody for one week.
He was brought before an Accra Circuit Court on Thursday, September 12, 2025, on charges of offensive conduct conducive to breach of the peace and publication of false news, which are classified as misdemeanours under Ghanaian law.
After hearing the case, the court ordered that he be kept in custody while investigations continue.
He is expected to reappear before the court on Thursday, September 19, 2025.
By: Jacob Aggrey
