The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) says it will prosecute owners or occupiers of premises within the metropolis who fail to paint their building.
This comes after the assembly launched a three-month sensitisation campaign to create awareness of the Operation Paint Your Building Campaign after which enforcement of the bye-law will be intensified.
Paragraph two of the STMA bye-laws on maintenance of premises 2017 states, that a household or owner or occupier of premises within the metropolis shall keep the house clean.
Failure to comply with this directive will compel the assembly to paint such buildings and surcharge the expenses incurred in the exercise to the owners.
Owners who fail to cause the payment or fail to paint their houses will be prosecuted according to the STMA bye-laws on maintenance of premises 2017.
The Regional Minister Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah at a formal launch of the painting of a house in the metropolis said the campaign is targeted at the entire metropolis, but buildings along the roads are earmarked for reconstruction this year will be considered.
He said, “As part of efforts to make Sekondi-Takoradi one of the most beautiful cities in the country, we passed the regulation in December last year to enforce the regulation.”
“Buildings, particularly on ceremonial roads such as the Nkroful to Apollo Highway, Takoradi-Accra Highway and Takoradi to Kwesimintsim Highway,” he added.
