Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is the Member of Parliament for the North Tongu in the Volta region.He served as a deputy minister of state under both John Atta Mills and John Dramani Mahama.
Ablakwa entered politics at an early age when he contested for the parliamentary elections for the North Tongu seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in 2008. He won the seat by a 78.6% of the votes cast. He again won the seat in the 2012 elections by a larger number, representing 90.5% of the votes cast. He retained his seat once again in the 2016 elections even though his party lost the Presidential Elections. He has been a member of the appointments committee for two times now in 2017 and 2021. He is currently also the Ranking Member of Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee.
On Wednesday the 25th of October, 2023 in the morning Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa cut sod for road construction to immediately begin on the Aveyime-Agbetikpo-Tokpo road.
The construction is being fully funded by Mawums Construction Company Limited.
These are roads damaged by flood waters and therefore creating considerable transportation and logistical challenges.
When completed in a few days, it would facilitate smooth distribution of relief items to displaced camps along the Agbetikpo and Fodzoku corridor.
Since the initiation of the spillage process on September 15, the Volta River Authority has been releasing excess water due to the elevated water levels in the Akosombo and Kpong hydro dams.
However, in the subsequent weeks, many residents along the Lower Volta Basin have witnessed their homes and farmlands submerged by the resulting floods.
This intentional spillage has severely impacted several districts, including South, Central, and North Tongu in the Volta Region.
Communities like Battor, Tefle, Mepe, Sogakope, Adidome, and Anlo have been inundated.
The consequences for the affected individuals have been significant, with over 26,000 people displaced and rendered homeless, according to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NaDMO).
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