Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, the Minister for the Interior, has disclosed that more than 60 communities across the Volta Region, with over 1,200 people displaced in parts of the Western North Region following the recent flooding triggered by heavy rains.
Speaking on the floor of parliament, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka stated, “In the Volta Region, the number of communities that were affected was in excess of 60 communities. I must admit, based on the information that we have, they were not life-threatening situations in the case of the Volta Region,” he told lawmakers.
The Minister disclosed that the floods affected several districts across the region, with Keta recording seven affected communities, Anlo – six, Ketu South – six, Ketu North – six, South Tongu – eight, Akatsi – nine, Agotime-Ziope – six, Adaklu – two, Central Tongu – three, North Tongu – two, and the Ho Municipality – eight communities.
Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka also drew attention to the impact of the floods in the Western North Region, particularly in Samreboi and other communities.
“The same can be said of Western North, where in Samreboi we had a number of communities that were submerged. In fact, we had in excess of over 1,200 persons displaced in Samreboi and its environs”, he stated.
Meanwhile, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, has begged Ghanaians on behalf of the government following the devastating floods that claimed the lives of Ghanaians, destroying homes and properties.
The Interior Minister admitted that the government could have done more but stressed that officials had been working through the night as the crisis unfolded.
According to Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, although there were warnings that June and July would bring heavy rains, he noted that Monday’s downpour only came late on Sunday night.
Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak stated, “Yes, we are really very sorry for the loss of life. We are sorry that this thing has really devastated Accra”.
“But if you ask the Meteo person, he did not say that it’s going to rain today. Ask him, when did they give us the actual alert that this will happen? Yesterday (Sunday, June 28), at 11 pm when the majority of Ghanaians were asleep,” he said.
He further disclosed that he reached out to the Minister for Communications to get emergency messages sent to mobile phone users.
“I called him, I said that look, you need to help us, can you get the telcos to send messages to people? He was very swift. I believe that is the thing that we need to be doing,” he said, thanking Sam George for the prompt response.
“I’ve spoken to the Secretary to the President. We’ve agreed that as the Secretary to the President, he will be able to pull all of us as ministers together to come and sit down and make sure that we prepare ourselves.”
“This country is not a rich country, where we have shelters so we can collect people and go and put them there. This country is not that rich. Let’s not be running away from actual responsibility and facing the reality.”
He also rejected suggestions that government officials had been complacent.
Muntaka added, “So, yes, I agree, we could do more, but let’s not make it look like all politicians are people who are not thinking about the country. They are just thinking about themselves. They put them in positions; they are not proactive.”
“I can bet you, we didn’t sleep; I didn’t sleep, and I know the time that I had to speak to the President early in the morning. I woke him up, and he’s been up and asking questions almost throughout, and he went around to see so.”
“The only way this rain today could have been avoided from going into people’s homes was to lump the whole of Accra as a drain, because you can see it from the aerial view,” he said.
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