E-Tankas to be introduced in all districts of Western Region, users to get commission – Skyy Power FM

The Western Regional Minister, Dr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah says the introduction of the Electronic-Tankas (E-Tankas) project is a way of managing waste in each district of the Western Region and penalise people for their indiscipline for either not keeping their homes and surrounding clean.

He said the minimum charge on the fee fixing resolution of the assembly will be the starting point of what we call spot fine for any offences that relate to sanitation issues In the Western Region.

The Minister said three pilot programs relating to the E-Tankas were rolled out including the Shama District and were very successful.

He said this during the staff durbar where the executives of the Western Regional Coordinating Council (WRCC) and the Shama District Assembly toured and inspected some project sites in the Shama District which includes a private rice milling factory, Keda Ceramics, 2-Unit KG block with office, playground and hexagonal tables funded by DPAT.

Explaining the E-Tankas program, he said, “This is an electronic form of what we used to call Town Council, it is an electronic platform that officials will use to do the monitoring. When they come to your house and is dirty or you dispose of rubbish in public, you will be charged on the spot and fined electronically.

“And if you don’t pay the fine, your data will be forwarded to sub-metro and you are going to be taken to court.”

“We are going to use the unit committee members to help us do the electoral area work and the general public will also have the opportunity to use the app, which can be used to book people who litter about or have rubbish in their homes or close to their homes.”

“You will use the app to take a picture of the offender and forward it to the assembly and because we now have national data, it will be easier to get information about the person and he will pay a fine to the assembly which will help the assembly make money.”