News:
August 15, 2024
The Chairman of the Ad – hoc Committee of Parliament set up by the Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament to investigate the Akosombo Dam Spillage Disaster, Sulemana Adamu Sanid has expressed appreciation to some actors for their role in providing relief to the affected persons in the affected communities.
The Chairman made the statement when he led the Ad- hoc Committee to visit the affected communities as part of its fact-finding mission.
In furtherance, the Chairman after a round up fact finding visit to the affected communities such as Mepe / Juapong (North Tongu), Mafi (Central Tongu ) Sogakope ( South Tongu ) in a press briefing at Adidome, indicated that North Tongu is an epicenter adding that what has been put together to the victims is appreciable.
He stated, ‘we commend Hon. Samuel Okudzeto, MP for North Tongu, the DCE, and the NADMO staff for their efforts to ameliorate the catastrophe”.
However, Hon. Okudzeto explained that, his outfit adopted a by- Partisan approach to deal with the humanitarian crisis during the disaster. He said, “I have a very strong reservations about how VRA conducted their affairs and what led to the spillage’’. He placed on record that, he was never invited during the stakeholder engagement and argued that VRA did not help in that regard.
Hon. Okudzeto urged VRA to drop what they describe as safe haven and come out with a different approach. According to him “You cannot describe basic schools as safe haven” and opined that those places must be convenient for human habitation. He revealed that this year VRA has begun media publicity warning communities of a possible spillage.
Ghanamps.com