Francis Asenso-Boakye, the former Minister for Works and Housing and Bantama Member of Parliament, has claimed that the former Akufo-Addo administration invested GH₵450m in flood control programmes.
The former Minister for Works and Housing revealed that a significant portion of the GH₵450 million was invested in improving drainage infrastructure and managing flooding across the country.
He further called on the Mahama government to sustain such interventions to reduce the impact of flooding, particularly in the capital.
Speaking at a Capacity Building Workshop for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in Accra, Francis Asenso-Boakye stated, “In the eight years of the Akufo-Addo Administration, the government committed GH₵450 million towards flood control programmes”.
“I am urging this government to continue on that path because it is necessary. But a critical part has to do with regulatory measures and strictly adhering to settlement planning schemes”.
Also, Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr, the Chairperson of Parliament’s Local Government and Rural Development Committee, revealed that Parliament’s commitment to supporting efforts aimed at addressing Ghana’s perennial flooding.
Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr stated, “The committee is particularly interested in understanding how assemblies within the region are responding to these challenges and how parliament can support the development of policy interventions for flooded areas”.
In related news, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, the Minister for the Interior, has disclosed that 70 excavators seized from illegal mining operators will be handed over to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO).
The Minister for the Interior revealed that the excavators will be handed to NADMO to support the nationwide desilting exercise aimed at addressing the flooding challenges across the country.
According to the Minister, the confiscated equipment during anti-galamsey operations will be redeployed for public use to improve drainage systems and reduce the impact of flooding in urban centres, particularly Accra.
Responding to questions on the Floor of Parliament on Wednesday, June 10, the Interior Minister made this known, saying, “Currently, what we are doing is that all the seized excavators from the illegal mining activities – we agreed that about 70 of them should be given to NADMO so that they can take them across the country to do desilting.
“We will do the handover next week so that they can use them to desilt most of the drains, but the bottom line is we should begin to clean our surroundings.”
Meanwhile, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Linda Ocloo, has shockingly claimed that she has tackled flooding in the Greater Accra Region.
Linda Ocloo, speaking in an interview with Asaase Radio, claimed that she had already tackled the Accra flooding long before the flooding began.
According to Linda Ocloo, she did a lot of demolition at the Ramsar site, which led to a lot of people hating him.
Speaking on Asaase Radio, Linda Ocloo stated, “I have tackled flooding within the Greater Accra Region. I tackled this way back before we started experiencing this flooding in Greater Accra.
I have also tackled issues about flooding, knowing very well that some of the buildings at Ramsar sites will be affected when it rains. I went on, and I did a lot of demolition, and you could see I have a lot of people who hate me because of this demolition exercise”.
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