Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies have been asked to strictly enforce bye-laws on sanitation to rid the communities, particularly the urban areas of filth.
Mr Edward Amoaning, Ashanti Regional Health Environmental Officer, said this was necessary to prevent the outbreak of malaria, dysentery,
typhoid, cholera and other diseases.
He called on Ghanaians to maintain high standards of environmental sanitation to promote health.
Mr Amoaning in an interview with GNA in Kumasi, expressed worry that some landlords failed to provide household toilets and that public toilets were being poorly managed.
He appealed to the assemblies to intensify public education on personal hygiene, good sanitary practice and environmental cleanliness.
Mr Amoaning asked food vendors to operate within safe and clean environment to avoid prosecution.