Julius Kwame Anthony, a Spokesperson for the Interior Ministry, has said the whole of Accra needs replanning to end the floods.
According to Julius Kwame Anthony, a few must be offended for the safety of all.
In a news card shared by GHOne TV, Julius Kwame Anthony was quoted as saying, “The whole of Accra needs replanning to end the floods. Sacrifices have to be made; whole streets of buildings must go. A few must be offended for the safety of all”.
Some Ghanaians reacting to his remarks stated, “As I have been saying. Our best engineers need to be called for a conference for a 10 yr plan to redesign our drainage system. This should then be adopted by BOTH NPP/NDC. Must be implemented without any alteration or influence from either party”.
One X user added, “Growing up, Alajo, Mallam-Kasoa, parts of Dansoman, major highways, Ashaiman and a couple of towns were all tagged flood-prone areas. As at that time, there was Lakeside or Nanakrom, yet there wasn’t any proper planning, and these new places also became flood-prone areas. “
“Which political party is willing to sacrifice itself by removing all buildings from waterways in Accra? That’s the major question! Because the opposition will use it to campaign against the other!”, one X user added.
Meanwhile, the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Intelligence Centre, Kwadwo Twum Boafo, explaining the flooding situation in Accra, has said structures like Villagio should never have been built.
According to Kwadwo Twum Boafo, the site where Villagio used to be located was a whole was a wetland, but was later filled with laterite for structures to be built on the wetland.
Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana, Kwadwo Twum Boafo, explained, “So I’ll give you a prime example. Villagio should never have been built. Because if you are old enough to remember, that whole place was marsh. When I say marshland, I mean a wetland.
And the runoff from the Akuapim Hills used to go there. Then we allowed somebody to come and surcharge the soil when I say surcharge the soil, fill that marsh with laterite so that he could build that structure.”
“So what simply happens now is every time it rains, the runoff… You can’t cheat the runoff. It will still come, and it will flood that side of Accra.”
“Do a simple experiment. Put water in this cup here and put this bottle inside it and see what happens… there’ll be an overflow.”
Kwadwo Twum Boafo further added, “Our relationship with natural greenery areas like the Korle Lagoon is terrible. Who made the decision to turn the Korle Lagoon into a [drain]? … Because you put cement on the embankments, so it’s not semi-permeable anymore. God does not do anything just like that”.
He explains natural drainage, salinity, and osmosis in lagoons, noting that concreting them creates barriers.
He further explained, “We have allowed people to build in wetlands. Go to the Ramsar sites… some of our best people were willing Ramsar sites to their relatives.”
Kwadwo Twum Boafo further explained that the whole of Holland was under the water table, but they were able to engineer the country properly to allow the drainage systems to work.
“Anybody who has been to Holland… Netherlands means the lowlands. The whole of Holland is under the water table. But what happens, they have engineered that country properly to allow for the drainage systems to work”, he added.
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The whole of Accra needs replanning to end the floods. A few must be offended for the safety of all… – Julius Kwame Anthony (Spokesperson for Interior Ministry)#GHOneNews #EIBNetwork #GHOneTV #NewsAlert pic.twitter.com/GFhCEahSny
— GHOne TV (@ghonetv) June 4, 2026
