President John Dramani Mahama has directed the immediate release of GH¢300 million to support urgent flood relief and mitigation efforts in Accra following the June 29 devastating flooding.
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Spokesperson to the President and Minister for Government Communications, in a statement issued, made this known.
According to Felix Kwakye Ofosu, GH¢150 million of the amount will be used to provide emergency relief for people and communities affected by the floods.
He added that the remaining GH¢150 million will be invested in measures aimed at reducing future flooding.
Portions of the statement read, “President John Dramani Mahama has directed the Minister for Finance to release GH¢ 300 million from the Contingency Fund to finance urgent flood relief and mitigation efforts.”
“The directive forms part of government’s response to the flooding of parts of Accra and other communities in the southern sector of the country after hours of unusually heavy rainfall,” it noted.
“The President has also directed the deployment of personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces and Police to work with NADMO and other security services in the rescue and relief operations currently underway across the city,” it added.
The statement follows: President John Mahama, who earlier announced ordering the Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, to release contingency funds for post-flood relief to support affected families.
According to John Mahama, the emergency relief funding is for victims of Monday’s devastating floods in Accra, following an aerial inspection of affected areas.
President Mahama is quoted by a TV3 News card to have said, “I have asked the Minister for Finance to release some money from the contingency fund so we can do some post-flood relief for persons who have been affected”.
Mahama also directed a coordinated crackdown on drainage blockages and announced emergency relief funding for victims of Monday’s devastating floods in Accra.
He 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.
He called on Ghanaians to change their attitude toward environmental management, warning that repeated neglect of drainage systems and waterways continues to worsen flooding in the capital.
Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama has 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”.
See the statement below:
