A sanitation court under the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has sentenced a repeat offender, Michael Osei, to six months in prison for illegal waste dumping at the Accra Post Office.
The sentence was handed down after Osei failed to pay a GH¢1,200 fine imposed for dumping refuse at an unauthorised location.
According to the Assembly, the conviction followed a dawn sanitation enforcement exercise carried out by Environmental Health Officers between 3:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. across parts of the Accra metropolis.
Head of Public Affairs at the AMA, Gilbert Nii Ankrah, disclosed that Osei was arrested during the operation after being caught engaging in the illegal act.
He explained that Osei is a known repeat offender who was first arrested on September 15, 2025, for a similar offence, contrary to Section 56(a) of the Public Health Act, 2012 (Act 851).
In that earlier case, Osei was fined GH¢600 or faced a three-month jail term but avoided imprisonment after the fine was paid on his behalf.
However, he was rearrested on April 14, 2026, at the same location for repeating the offence.
Authorities say his failure to pay the new fine resulted in the custodial sentence.
The Assembly has reiterated its commitment to enforcing sanitation laws and warned that repeat offenders will face strict penalties as efforts intensify to keep the city clean.
