Residents living near the Bolgatanga Sports Stadium in the Bolgatanga Municipality, Upper East Region, have turned the stadium into a place of convenience, making the public facility, which is the only sports facility in the region, more deplorable.
The Municipal Environment and Sanitation Officer, Evans Bornaa, who confirmed the situation, said a new task force instituted by the Municipal Assembly to enforce sanitation issues had observed same and embarked on sensitisation activities in the communities, on the sanitation challenges in the area.
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Responding to why arrests were not being made to bring the menace to a halt, he said preparation was underway to review and gazette the sanitation byelaws of the Assembly to punish offenders.
He pleaded with the Justice and Security team to help expedite action on processes to gazette the laws.
He said monitoring households in the municipality to check availability of latrines for tenants had reduced due to heavy rains and hoped that the sanitation byelaws would help address the challenges.
