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The Ministry for Works and Housing has reminded Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to annihilate all designs on streams as educated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as of late.
He demonstrated that the public authority has put a ton in managing issues of flooding, particularly in the capital.
He said notwithstanding the speculation made, flood-inclined regions inside the capital, Accra, would have presented more serious risks than it has seen whenever there is a deluge.
He added that a team has been shaped to assist in managing the issue and MMDCEs should consent.
"The region congregations have the abilities and we the residents need to help them with the goal that we can find true success. The President has given the order and a team has been set up at the workplace of the President, and I am exceptionally confident that this mandate will be implemented to cut down a ton of designs to relieve the impacts of flooding, particularly in Accra."
He was talking at the Meet the Press series coordinated by the Ministry of Information.
In the mean time, he has uncovered that it will cost the public authority over US$5 billion to tackle Ghana's lasting flooding circumstance.
"A few examinations have been finished, and they show that to address the flooding issue in the country, Ghana will require about US$ 5 billion to have the option to address the flooding difficulties the nation over. This was done some time prior thus on the off chance that we need to utilize it, we need to survey it on the grounds that a ton has occurred from that point forward."
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last month coordinated Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra Region to obliterate all designs that cause flooding in the city.
He requested that they annihilate the designs with quick impact.
"MMDCEs have been charged to guarantee that hindrances to the free progression of water as well as advancements on streams are taken out right away. MMDAs are likewise to guarantee the severe adherence to improvements in the arranging laws of the nation and assent staff who issue grants for designs to be placed on streams to act as an obstacle for the people who take part in such demonstrations", Nana Akufo-Addo requested.
Talking at the dispatching of two IHC Beaver 50 dredgers and marine hardware of Dredge Masters Limited (DML), an auxiliary of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) in Accra, he said, "We will guarantee that these orders are consented to. I have laid out a checking unit, and they will report straightforwardly to me on the advancement of the execution of these actions. I'm notifying all MMDCEs and will be considered liable for any breaks that outcome in harm because of flooding."
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