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The government has asked residents of communities affected by the recent Bagre dam spill to move to higher ground.
This comes after 6 people were reported to have died and many were displaced in communities in the Northeast and Southeast regions after the dam spill.
The Minister of Public Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, says that the government has implemented interim measures to minimize the effects of the spill, however, residents of the affected communities must move to ensure their safety and avoid further damage.
“I sympathize with those who have lost people, but I can tell you that we are wide awake and looking for solutions to the problem.
“In the meantime, we are doing what we call the awareness program to get people out of harm’s way,” he said on the Super Morning Show.
At least 6 people were confirmed dead and many of them displaced after the Bagre dam spill wreaked havoc on communities in the Northeast and Upper East regions.
The regional director of the National Organization for Disaster Management (NaDMO) who confirmed the incident to JoyNews, said that these people, including a 3-year-old girl, drowned in the districts of Bunkprugu and East Mamprusi, while another man also drowned at Janga in West Mamprusi Township. .
John Alhassan Kweku added that residents, agricultural land and infrastructure, especially road networks throughout the region, have been badly affected.
In reaction to the development, Mr. Atta Akyea said that the government has started to carry out drainage and dredging works in the Volta Blanco to improve the drainage of the land and further minimize the effects of the disaster for times to come.
“The dredging works began in 2018 with 22.6 million. President Akufo-Addo paid this sum of money for us to waste our immediate natural resource, which is the white Volta to minimize the effect, ”he said.
He added that the problem is one that needs some efforts from Burkina Faso. [in terms of resolving]However, the government will not give up in the search for solutions.
“It is a transnational problem. The control systems are not just from Ghana when we have the systems from Burkina Faso that cannot be fully controlled, ”he said.
In addition, he noted that the government through NADMO is still sensitizing residents of these communities about the need.
“It could have been worse, but NADMO and all the stakeholders are doing serious business to educate the people in the area as well so that it is not the impotence of the government as described. We are looking at it ”, he concluded.
