The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Keta, Emmanuel Gamegah, says the assembly is putting measures in place for school activities which were halted as a result of the tidal wave to begin.
About 300 households and over 3,000 residents at Keta lost their properties and others have been rendered homeless as a result of tidal wave that happened on Sunday 7th November 2021.
The affected communities include Kedzikope, Keta Central and Abutiakope.
As a result of the tidal wave most schools in the area were submerged.
Speaking in an interview with host of Atinka FM’s AM Drive, Municipal Chief Executive for Ketu, Emmanuel Gamegah, revealed that the assembly has hired water pumping machines to pump out the water in the schools which were submerged.
He noted that the inability for the kids to go to school also poses a great danger to the parents and the community at large.
“ Apart from catering for the welfare of the affected, we have also hired water pumping machines to dredge and pump water out of the premises of the affected schools. I hope that by next week the work would have been completed so the kids can go back to school to continue from where they left off,”, Ketu MCE, Emmanuel Gamegah told Kaakyire Ofori Ayim.
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Meanwhile, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu in the Volta Region, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has called on the government to find a lasting solution to the tidal wave that occurred in Keta.
Commenting on the incident in a Facebook post, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu in the Volta Region, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, called on the government to carve out a creative, scientific and more permanent solution to the issue.
“As we all mobilize support by extending shelter and relief items, we ought to recognize that the climate crisis gives us no further procrastination time.
We must urgently carve out a creative, scientific and more permanent solution — it is not beyond us. Other countries such as The Netherlands, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Bahrain, China and Bangladesh have successfully “conquered” the oceans either by reclaiming land, pursuing a strategy of redirection and containment or maximizing economic potential,” Ablakwa posted on Facebook.
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