The Member of Parliament for Ketu South, Dzifa Gomashie, has described the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) as a “dead” institution.
This comment by the lawmaker comes after over 4,000 residents in Ghana’s southeastern region have been forced to abandon their homes due to widespread flooding resulting in the devastating destruction of homes and farmlands along the banks of the River Volta.
The flood has led to the disruption of essential services, leaving some areas without access to water and electricity.
In an official statement, government confirmed that thousands of people in at least nine districts have been displaced as a direct consequence of the flooding, local media reported.
The Volta River Authority commenced the spillage of excess water on September 15, due to rising levels of the Akosombo and Kpong hydro dams.
While the current inflow to the reservoir is pegged at 400,000 cubic feet of water per second, the authority says it is spilling just about 183,000 cubic feet of water, and they cannot ascertain when the spilling exercise will be over.
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Reacting to developments on the issue on Atinka FM’s AM Drive with host Kwaku Atiemo, the Member of Parliament for Ketu South, Dzifa Gomashie expressed disappointment in NADMO’s inability to provide relief items and provide support to persons affected by the spillage.
According to Dzifa Gomashie, Ghana’s NADMO only exist in name and and that it has collapsed.
“The NADMO that we know has collapsed, it only exists in name. NADMO has not revealed measures it has put in place to accommodate affected persons. They have failed to even give the affected persons blankets,” Dzifa Gomashie added.
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