ASSEMBLY TO PROSECUTE COMMUNAL LABOUR DEFAULTERS (Page 22)

Story: A. Kofoya-Tetteh, Koforidua

THE West Akyem District Assembly in the Eastern Region will soon prosecute people who refuse to take part in clean-up exercises at  Asamankese, the district capital, or any other town in the area.
The District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Kwabena Sintim-Aboagye, made this known when a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Infanta Malaria Prevention Foundation, together with Dizengoff and one Mr Atuah, donated 500 treated bed nets, spraying machines and sanitation equipment to the Asamankese-Anum Presbyterian Cluster of Schools at a ceremony at  Asamankese on Wednesday.
The treated bed nets, which will be distributed to the pupils of the schools and their teachers, together with the other items worth GH¢10,000, are to help fight mosquitoes in the area.
The donation, which followed reports of the "invasion" of mosquitoes in the area, coincided with a visit to  Asamankese by the Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture, Mr Samson Kwaku Boafo, and the Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Kwadwo Affram-Asiedu, to discuss pertinent issues with the Chief of Asamankese, Osabarima Kwaku Amoa.
According to Mr Sintim-Aboagye, since unsanitary conditions normally led to the breeding of mosquitoes, the assembly had to periodically mobilise the people to tidy up Asamankese and a number of communities. Unfortunately, most of the residents refused to join in the exercises.
He, therefore, warned that in future anyone who deliberately refused to join in the exercises would be prosecuted.
The DCE expressed his appreciation to the donors and said the presentation had come at the appropriate time.
He charged the teachers to put the items to good use.
The assembly, Mr Sintim-Aboagye said, had constructed a number of modern places of convenience at vantage points in the area and asked landlords to also provide such facilities in their homes to make the place tidy.
The Chairperson of the Infanta Malaria Prevention Foundation, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, expressed the hope that the donation would help fight malaria in the area.
Mr Boafo, for his part, asked the people to make good use of the items.
Mr Affram-Asiedu appealed to the people to support the government at all times to enable it to continue to improve their living standards.
The teachers in the school also appealed to the government to provide the school with a library and also rehabilitate its access road.