JOYNEWS Evans Mensah has launched a scathing attack on Ghanaian politicians following the June 29 flood tragedy that claimed the lives of Ghanaians, destroying homes and properties.
According to Evans Mensah, Ghanaian politicians must bow their heads in shame, apologise and resign.
He disclosed that Ghanaian politicians have been using the same script and templates whenever the country floods, citing President John Mahama’s aerial inspection of flood-affected areas.
Evans Mensah highlighted that President Mahama, who supervised the June 4 flood disaster, set up a committee, looked into it, and told Ghanaians all manner of things, but nothing was done, stressing that the same template has been initiated with his aerial inspections.
Speaking on JOYNEWS, Evans Mensah stated, “If you are a politician, watch this; we voted for you; don’t bow your head in shame; issue an apology; resign; then I don’t know what is wrong with you. You don’t deserve to be there in the first place.
If you are a politician, a member of parliament, you have been voted for, in opposition or in authority; if you don’t bow your head in shame tonight, apologise and resign, then I have nothing else to tell you.
Did you hear the president when we played that tape? He used the word intensify that was 2015, 2026. His minister who toured with him in a helicopter is using the same words: intensify.”
Evans Mensah added, “He joined his boss who was there before, and superintendent over the June 4 flood disaster; set up a committee, looked into it, told us all manner of things, as you heard there; nothing happened again they went to expect, which really is the script.
They will expect; they will go round, either by helicopter or in person; they will set up a committee; they will now issue a report and make statements; it is a template, and then they will say bombastic things like intensify, drastic, criticised the citizen. After one week, they will go to bed, and we will all go to sleep and wait till next year.
The president did exactly that: the script he started it, inspection which is the template”.
His comes on the heels of President John Dramani Mahama who conducted an aerial inspection of flood-hit areas in the nation’s capital, Accra, following the heavy downpour on Sunday, June 28, 2026, to Monday, June 29, 2026.
In the viral video, President Mahama was spotted with a worried look as he watched the devastating effects caused by the heavy downpour.
President Mahama in the video pointed out some structures, which, according to him, were in the way of the floodwater and had to be removed.
The Minister for Works and Housing, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, the Director-General of Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Dr Joseph Bikanyi Kuyon, and Deputy Chief of Staff Stan Dogbe, who is also the Chairman of the government’s Anti-Flood Taskforce, were all spotted alongside Mahama during the aerial inspection of Accra’s flooded areas.
In a post on Social media, President John Mahama wrote, “The amount of rainfall recorded today is among the highest experienced in several years. Preliminary data indicates that approximately 140 millimetres of rain fell on Accra. By comparison, the highest single-day rainfall recorded last year was about 56 millimetres.
That aspect of the problem is beyond our control because it is driven by changing climatic conditions. There is the issue of human behaviour.
Whenever government begins removing structures built in waterways, some people accuse us of being inhumane. Yet when disasters such as today’s flooding occur, the consequences affect everyone. The irresponsible actions of a few individuals end up putting entire communities at risk”.
Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama has directed a coordinated crackdown on drainage blockages and announced emergency relief funding for victims of Monday’s devastating floods in Accra.
Mahama disclosed that Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, working with the Ministry of Works, Housing and Water Resources, will be tasked to identify all points where drainage channels are blocked for immediate removal.
He also added that response will go beyond demolition of illegal structures, insisting that debris must also be cleared.
“We’re asking every district to identify, together with the Works and Housing Ministry, where the blockages in the channels are… so that we can earmark those places for removal,” he said.
“We’ll not only break the houses. We have to move the rubble out of the way because there’s no use breaking a house and leaving the rubble in the waterways,” he said.
Watch the video below:
The same template every year. 69 fucking years of independence. 🤦♀️ oh I tell you by tomorrow or Thursday we will forget everything that has happened. Short memory fuo. It’s a shame! 🤦♀️ pic.twitter.com/EGHzhgJqdk
— CHARLOTTE NICOLE 🕊 (@charllycolegh) June 30, 2026
