THE Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) will from today, confiscate all stray animals, a measure to control animal rearing in the metropolis.
Subsequently, owners of the animals who fail to report to the AMA after the confiscation, of their animals they will be summoned and prosecuted at the law courts.
The animals include dogs, goats, sheep and cattle.
The Chief Executive of AMA, Mr Alfred Vanderpuije, announced this in Accra yesterday, during an inspection of some on-going projects in the metropolis.
Some of the projects are the Mamponse Storm Drainage Improvement Project, the Mallam-Apenkwa road solid waste management at the Arts Centre and the a 2.3 kilometre Dansoman, road project.
He said a team of 170 sanitary officers would be deployed to embark on the exercise to ensure its smooth implementation.
Mr Vanderpuije said the situation of stray animals in the metropolis often created ugly scenes on the roads and sometimes resulting in heavy traffic jams.
He said this situation posed danger for both pedestrians and motorists since the animals could sometimes attack passers-by.
The Director of the AMA Public Health Department, Dr Simpson Anim Boateng, spoke of the assembly’s readiness to effectively eliminate the menace.
As part of the assembly’s readiness, he said, a holding area had been put in place to house confiscated animals.
Dr Boateng said as an alternative punishment, the animals could be auctioned to the public when the owners fail to come for them, could which generate some revenue for the assembly.
He said prior to the start of the exercise a number of sensitisation programmes would be undertake to raise public awareness.
Dr Boateng advised owners of animals, especially livestock, to exercise due care in order not to fall foul of the by-law.
At the shoulders of the Apenkwa-Tetteh-Quarshie road some car dealers were found operating garages despite the compensations paid to them to leave the place.
Mr Vanderpuije ordered the pulling down of one of the garages after the owner failed to produce legitimate documents covering his stay.
He seized the opportunity to advise garage owners on the shoulders of the road to vacate to allow work to progress on the project since the contractors had a target to meet.
Mr Vanderpuije expressed the assembly’s commitment to remove all unauthorised structures on the project site to ensure the successful completion of the roads.
At Mamponse, where a storm drainage and a foot bridge are being constructed, he appealed to members of the community to enable the project to be completed on schedule.
Mr Vanderpuije disabused the minds of the people that some of the structure, on the project site were demolished without human face, adding that those affected were unauthorized and were a hindrance to the project.
He said the assembly was committed to ensuring that hygienic environment was created to reduce illnesses.
Subsequently, owners of the animals who fail to report to the AMA after the confiscation, of their animals they will be summoned and prosecuted at the law courts.
The animals include dogs, goats, sheep and cattle.
The Chief Executive of AMA, Mr Alfred Vanderpuije, announced this in Accra yesterday, during an inspection of some on-going projects in the metropolis.
Some of the projects are the Mamponse Storm Drainage Improvement Project, the Mallam-Apenkwa road solid waste management at the Arts Centre and the a 2.3 kilometre Dansoman, road project.
He said a team of 170 sanitary officers would be deployed to embark on the exercise to ensure its smooth implementation.
Mr Vanderpuije said the situation of stray animals in the metropolis often created ugly scenes on the roads and sometimes resulting in heavy traffic jams.
He said this situation posed danger for both pedestrians and motorists since the animals could sometimes attack passers-by.
The Director of the AMA Public Health Department, Dr Simpson Anim Boateng, spoke of the assembly’s readiness to effectively eliminate the menace.
As part of the assembly’s readiness, he said, a holding area had been put in place to house confiscated animals.
Dr Boateng said as an alternative punishment, the animals could be auctioned to the public when the owners fail to come for them, could which generate some revenue for the assembly.
He said prior to the start of the exercise a number of sensitisation programmes would be undertake to raise public awareness.
Dr Boateng advised owners of animals, especially livestock, to exercise due care in order not to fall foul of the by-law.
At the shoulders of the Apenkwa-Tetteh-Quarshie road some car dealers were found operating garages despite the compensations paid to them to leave the place.
Mr Vanderpuije ordered the pulling down of one of the garages after the owner failed to produce legitimate documents covering his stay.
He seized the opportunity to advise garage owners on the shoulders of the road to vacate to allow work to progress on the project since the contractors had a target to meet.
Mr Vanderpuije expressed the assembly’s commitment to remove all unauthorised structures on the project site to ensure the successful completion of the roads.
At Mamponse, where a storm drainage and a foot bridge are being constructed, he appealed to members of the community to enable the project to be completed on schedule.
Mr Vanderpuije disabused the minds of the people that some of the structure, on the project site were demolished without human face, adding that those affected were unauthorized and were a hindrance to the project.
He said the assembly was committed to ensuring that hygienic environment was created to reduce illnesses.
