Tag: drainage systems

It began raining around 4am today, and since then much of Accra has remained under heavy rainfall. Across the capital, roads, homes and businesses have felt the impact of another ...

The Deputy Minority Whip and Member of Parliament for Weija-Gbawe Constituency, Honourable Jerry Ahmed has called for a fundamental rethink of Ghana’s approach to flood management while linking recent disasters ...

The Director of Communications for the Bawumia Campaign Team, Dennis Miracles Aboagye has criticised the government’s way of handling flooding in Accra and questioned the effectiveness of measures announced after ...

President John Dramani Mahama has pledged that his administration will take firm and difficult decisions to address Accra's perennial flooding, stressing that the recurring disaster can no longer be treated ...

The Roads Engineer with the Ga East Municipal Assembly, Daniel Okyere, has attributed recurring floods in parts of Accra to unchecked urban development that has altered the city’s natural drainage ...

Ghana has been plagued by recurrent floods for many years. The devastating impact of these floods cannot be overstated, as they have resulted in the loss of numerous lives and ...

Greater Accra Director for the Ghana Highways Authority, Ing. Emmanuel Laryea Odai, has revealed that one of the reasons for the perennial flooding in Accra has to do with the ...