Govt allocates $40m for farmers devastated by Akosombo Dam spillage

This was announced by the Minister for Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong in Accra.

Mr. Acheampong says the funds will help restore the livelihood of farmers who are worst hit.

Speaking at the launch of the Youth in Agric initiative under the job module of the Youth Employment Agency, Mr. Acheampong said farmers would be well-taken care of.

“To our friends, brothers, and family on the Volta and eastern stretch of the Akosombo Dam’s path, we have all witnessed the devastation as a result of the necessary action the VRA had to take to save the Akosombo Dam. As a result, several farmers have been affected and a lot of them have had their crops completely wiped out.”

“I have directed that due to this emergency, $40 million of the World Bank-funded Food Systems Resilience Programme be restructured to restore farmers whose farms have been wiped out due to the necessary action taken by the VRA to save us all.”

Akosombo dam spillage Pulse Ghana

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo toured the flooded areas in the Volta Region and he announced that the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) would work on a long-term relief programme for farmers affected by the floods.

The President said he was aware many farms along the Volta River had been destroyed by the floods, for which reason a relief programme needed to be set up to restore the livelihood of the people.

But in the meantime, he said, the inter-ministerial committee formed to look at the flood situation through the National Disaster Management Organisation, the VRA and other agencies were providing relief items as a short term measure for the flood victims.