Two recent exercises conducted by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have renewed my faith in the abilities of our public institutions to rise to the occasion when the leadership is poised to discharge their mandates.
As reported in the Ghanaian Times on August 18, 2024, the FDA, after much surveillance, arrested operators of nineteen Accra and Kasoa-based entertainment facilities for permitting smoking on their premises.
The hefty administrative fines totalling GH¢457,000.00 would definitely communicate the degree of abhorrence of the persistent exposure of members of the public to the risk of second-hand smoking.
The action of the FDA, more importantly, exposed the public to the existence of virtually unknown but important enactments aimed at protecting our health.