He said the Minister’s claim that an evacuation plan was offered to the residents in the area and they refused is a lie.
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The Sanitation Minister lied about evacuation plans for flood victims – Ablakwa
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for North Tongu has slammed the Minster for Sanitation and Water Resources, Freda Prempeh for her comments on the Akosombo Dam spillage victims.
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
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Speaking on TV3 in Accra, the opposition lawmaker said the government has shown a lackadaisical attitude to the flood victims.
“These Akufo Addo ministers should stop adding insult to injuries, we are pained, depressed, and devasted, they should stop these things.
“We have had enough of their blatant lies, she should tell us when and the date. When did they come here? She herself, has she come here before? The people should move to where?
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“She should show us where it was constructed for my people to move to that they refused to go. Was it the Military, NADMO, or who?”
He further said the Members of Parliament in the affected areas are going to file a motion in parliament for a full investigation into the disaster.
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“We are filing a motion for a full scare probe, it will be live on television, and we will know exactly what happened. All these blatant lies will be exposed. The officials who caused this will face to the law and we will demand full compensation.”
The Sanitation Minister, while making the comments said “We don’t want what has happened in Akosombo to happen to us in Accra. The Akosombo spillage, even though VRA, NADMO, and the Water Resouces Commission came together to educate the people in the community, did a simulation exercise at Mepe, yet they refused to leave, they didn’t want to be evacuated, they stayed there till the end when we started spilling.”
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The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) earlier revealed that it has rescued about 12,000 persons from 13 October 2023 to date in the flood disaster in Mepe and other parts of the Volta Region.
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