Richard Ahiagbah, the Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has shockingly stated that if the NPP were still in power, the June 29 floods would not have occurred to claim the lives of 34 Ghanaians.
According to Richard Ahiagbah, if the NPP were in power, the June 29 tragedy would not have occurred, and lives would not have been lost.
Speaking in an interview on UTV’s Adekye Nsroma on July 8, 2026, Richard Ahiagbah stated, “This is how the NDC deceived Ghanaians; they voted for them, but now they are doing things anyhow”.
“I was telling someone that if the NPP was in power and the NDC had lost the 2024 elections, all the 34 people who died in the recent floods would not have died.
“This flood would not have happened to take those lives. Those who lost their relatives and properties would not have gone through that,” he added.
Richard Ahiagbah’s shocking remarks follow the Monday, June 29, 2026, heavy rainfall that claimed at least 34 lives and destroyed several properties across 7 regions in Ghana.
Meanwhile, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, the Minority Leader in Parliament, has criticised the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) for distributing baked beans and noodles to victims of the recent floods.
According to the minority leader, persons affected by the June 29 floods require staple food like rice, maize, and oil.
He further questioned the procurement process for the relief items, as he expressed concern over how the baked beans supplied to victims were acquired.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on July 7, 2026, Afenyo-Markin stated, “We have been told that some funds have been released to NADMO. Only yesterday, Mr Speaker, we saw NADMO at Nima and Accra New Town sharing baked beans and Indomie. Baked beans, baked beans”.
“When people have lost properties, they need rice, they need maize, they need cooking oil. They need government to intervene to restore their businesses,” he stressed.
“Then, Mr Speaker, we don’t even know how they procure these baked beans. People need blankets, people need mattresses,” he added.
Also, the Minority Leader in Parliament criticised President John Mahama’s use of a helicopter to assess the June 29 floods.
The Minority leader questioned why President John Mahama has not visited flood-affected communities.
According to Afenyo-Markin, Ghanaians only saw John Mahama comfortably in the helicopter in the name of surveying while people were suffering in their homes.
Afenyo-Markin stated, “We have not seen the president visiting families. We saw him in the air. We saw him in the helicopter”.
“Those who lost their lives, we have not seen any government official reaching out to them, their families, those who lost property. We have not seen any action from the government. What we know is that the president was comfortably in the helicopter in the name of surveying, finding out. But the people who suffered are in their homes”.
He further added, “ Is the government taking data of those who suffered? My own Winneba Effutu six communities were submerged. I have interacted with the Chiefs and people; they are in pain. The roads have been cut off; they cannot go to their farms; that is the reality.
“I hold the view that beyond the optics, the government must show serious action,” he said.
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The 34 people who died in the recent floods would have been alive if the NDC were not in power – Richard Ahiagbah#UTVGhana pic.twitter.com/XWLjscbEwA
— UTV Ghana (@utvghana) July 8, 2026
