President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that his administration has spent a total of ¢450 million to combat floods in Ghana since 2017.
He added that the funds were used to fund the Flood Control Program, which has resulted in fewer flooding incidences in Ghana, particularly in Accra.
At the commissioning of the IHC BEAVER 50 dredger and marine equipment at Adjei Kojo near Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region, Mr Akufo-Addo mentioned these things.
He said “I did raise concerns at the beginning of my address about the flooding situation in Accra. Government, since 2017 has spent some 450million cedis on the flood control programme which has resulted in the reduced incident of flooding in the major flood prone areas in Accra.”
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A rain on Tuesday, May 24 flooded parts of Accra.
During the heavy downpour, the Greater Accra Regional Directorate of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) rescued about twenty people. In places like Dansoman, Odorkor, and Dzowulu, the victims were saved.
Archibold Cobbina, the Greater Accra Regional NADMO Director, made the revelations in an interview with Alfred Ocansey on 3FM’s Sunrise on Tuesday.
“A lot of areas have been flooded. Areas like Ledzokuku, some parts of Tema, Sakaman, parts of Spintex road, Odorkor, Circle, Kaneshie First Light, among others”, he explained.
Mr. Cobbina said “about twenty people have been rescued around Dansoman, Odorkor, Dzowulu but others are also in other parts for the same rescue mission”.
“What we are trying to do is recuse them”.
The NADMO Director noted that “when they see that it is raining, that is where people bring out refuse and dump them into the raining waters”.
“People have dumped refuse right in the middle of the road at Sakaman”.
SOURCE: 3NEWS
