Ing Abdulai Mahama, a road and building consultant, has backed the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Linda Ocloo, and her team for the ongoing demolition of structures encroaching on the Kepshie Lagoon.
The road and building consultant commended Linda Ocloo for her work so far, adding that the exercise was a necessary step to avert recurring floods in the capital.
According to him, the reclamation of lagoons, streams, and ponds has significantly increased Ghana’s vulnerability to flooding.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s Breakfast Daily on Tuesday, January 27, Ing. Mahama stated, “Thumbs up to the Greater Accra Regional Minister and the team for what they are doing. I don’t know the persistence with which Ghanaians move to fill lakes, streams and ponds.
It looks like we don’t want them, yet the benefit of rivers and ponds is that, when we have a large volume of water, they accommodate it and release it gradually into the surrounding dry land”.
“But the more we consume these lakes and wetlands, the more we expose ourselves to massive floods that will inundate the country. On this call, I want to applaud the Minister,” he said.
Meanwhile, the demolition exercise is being carried out by the Greater Accra Regional Security Council with support from the National Security and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO).
Dr Joseph Bikanyi Kuyon, the Director-General of NADMO, has insisted that the state will not allow the interests of a few individuals to undermine the safety the mass Ghanaians.
Also, Linda Ocloo has revealed owners of the affected structures had been served with several notices.
Meanwhile, a man who was seen in a viral video threatening to become an armed robber if his shop was demolished by NADMO officials has rendered an unqualified apology for his utterances.
According to the man, he has received widespread criticism from the public, with some Ghanaians calling on him to apologise.
In a new video, the man expressed remorse over the incident and has since pleaded with well-meaning Ghanaians to help him get back on his feet.
He further appealed to Ghanaians for support as he has kids to take care of following his business being demolished, during the demolitions along the Kpeshie Lagoon.
In an earlier video yesterday, January 16, 2026, the man cried out as demolitions continue along the Kpeshie Lagoon.
According to the victim, he would become an armed robber if his business collapses.
Speaking in a viral video shared on X, the Victim of the Kpeshie Lagoon decongestion exercise boldly stated, “I am giving myself four years; if this business collapses, I will become an armed robber”.