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November 11, 2022
Minister for the Interior Ambrose Dery has said the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) will continue to work assiduously to save properties and lives in times of flooding and other disasters. According to him NADMO is providing food and non food items to affected victims of flooding and hard work is going into saving life and property.
He further told parliament on Thursday, November 10, 2022 in recent times some districts in the Northern part of the country have experienced flooding due to the spillage of the Bagre dam by Burkina Faso and also in Ashanti and Eastern Region. In towns like Manso Nkwanta, Abuakwa, Koforidua, Kyebi, Suhum, among others being affected part of the Greater Accra Region, like Weija Gbawe Ga East and West as well as Buipe and its surroundings in the Savannah Region has also been affected.
And before the spillage intensive sensitization programme was carried out to educate the population and same is ongoing in the Akosombo and Kpong and its environment to prepare the community towards a probable spillage of the Akosombo and Kpong dames which are at their fullest peak.
Dr. Zanetor-Agyeman-Rawlings Member of Parliament for Klottey-Korle wanted to know measures being put in place to mitigate the devastating impact of the most recent floods on persons living in the affected areas. She further wanted to know the collaboration between the Interior Ministry and Works and Housing to create reservoirs downstream for excess waters to be stored for use given the erratic nature of our rains.
This, the Minister said the Ministry and NADMO take care of the impact on persons and property Works and this Housing has got plans to deal with the flooding and is working on some infrastructure which include creation of dams along the line of rivers and the details of that would be known by the Minister for Works and Housing.
But at their level they have to sometime use equipment to open up gutters and drains to let the water follow the more physical construction prgrammes are left for the Ministry of Works and Housing in some cases Roads and Housing.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com