The Minister of Works and Housing and MP for Abuakwa South Constituency in the Eastern Region, Hon. Samuel Atta Kyea urged Ghanaians to desist from the habitat of dumping of refuse into the gutters to prevent flooding in the area.
He stated that, since the era of Ghana’s first President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah all drainage systems were opened and many people have taken advantage of it by dumping their refuse in them, and is very worrying.
He said the practice had choked several open drains leading to avoidable flooding and its consequent disasters in the country.
He mentioned that in 2018, the government made a budgetary allocation of GH¢ 200 million for the ministry to use to work on our drainage systems and also desilt the choked ones which yielded a positive flooding combat the year after.
The Minister urged residents to practice continuous desilting of gutters or drainage system.
The MCE for New Juaben North Hon. Comfort Asante thanked the works and Housing Minister for his visit to the assembly. She assured him that she will ensure that people don’t dumped their refuse into the gutters in her municipality anyhow.
Again the MCE for New Juaben South Municipal Assembly Hon. Isaac Apaw Gyasi said, he is very excited that the Hon. Minister of Works and Housing has come to his Municipality to witness the challenges they go through when there is heavy downpour.
He stressed, Koforidua is under the mountains and whenever it rains heavily, they have a major challenges. There is a gutter at the Prince Boateng roundabout and since 1925 there haven’t been any renovation and that gutter also flood a lot.
If today under the able leadership of Prez Akufo-Addo we are going to see renovation, we say may God bless him. Hon. Apaw Gyasi used the occasion to send a word of caution to residents of New Juaben to stop dumping their refuse into the gutters. If we catch you doing that the Assembly’s by- law will dealth with you.
Hon. Isaac Apaw Gyasi begged of the New Juaben Traditional Leaders to stay off they get any recalcitrant who will flout the Assembly’s by-law.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source// Obohnews
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