"We will commit resources to prevent future floods"-President Mills
President John Evans Atta Mills says he has committed resources towards building storm drains in the Greater Accra Region and other parts of the country to prevent future flooding.
President Mills announced the plan when he met the Mayor of Accra, Alfred Vanderpuije at the castle on Thursday to strategize towards averting future flood disasters.
According to President Mills, the NDC government will source funding to find long term solutions to the perennial flooding situation of Accra and other parts of the country.
He however noted that putting a stop to the construction of illegal structures will greatly help solve the problem in the interim.
“We must also as a nation take steps to implement risk disaster reduction policies. There are some of these disasters that we can prevent. If we cannot prevent them totally, we can take steps to make sure that we reduce the effect of these situations.
“One of them is the intolerable situation where people are blatantly building on waterways. There is also the need for Government to encourage the construction of storm drains. In this connection I want to assure you that we are sourcing for funds to construct the storm drains.
President Mills has also called for a multi-partisan debate leading towards finding a lasting solution to the flood problem.
“The time has come for us as a nation to sit down and collectively find a solution to situations of this nature”.
Earlier this morning, the Mayor in an interview on e.tv Ghana’s Awake show, said it would cost $500 million dollars to reconstruct the drains in Accra, adding that, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly was prepared to mobilize the necessary resources to help solve the problem of flooding in the country’s capital.
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