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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has served notice to file a motion in parliament for a full-scale investigation into the causes of the flood in parts of the Volta Region.<\/b><\/p>\n

He said the investigation would be live on television and would unearth the circumstances surrounding the spillage of the Akosombo Dam and its accompanying flood disaster.<\/p>\n

He said these while describing the comment by Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Freda Prempeh, to the effect that the people of Mepe and other areas affected by the spillage refused to be evacuated, as a blatant lie and an insult to the people.<\/p>\n

Mr Ablakwa dared the Minister to point to areas that were earmarked for the people to be evacuated to that they refused to go.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese Akufo Addo ministers should stop adding insult to injuries, we are pained, depressed, and devasted, they should stop these things,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe 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?<\/p>\n

\u201cShe 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?\u201d He said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Regarding the planned investigation, he said \u201cWe are filing a motion for a full scale 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sanitation Minister, while making the comments said \u201cWe don\u2019t 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\u2019t want to be evacuated, they stayed there till the end when we started spilling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, look at what is happening, the government has to spend millions of money on relief items, the whole area the water is contaminated, and Ghana Water Company and Water Resources Commission will have to spend millions of money to treat the water before we can thrust into our pipes. So a stitch in time saves nine, \u201cshe said during the accounting to our customer\/Media press bringing in Accra on Monday, October 23.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

GAF indicated that as of Sunday, October 22, the flood situation in Mepe, the community that was heavily affected by the spillage has been brought under considerable control.<\/p>\n

GAF said this while dismissing reports claiming that military personnel deployed to Mepe for Humanitarian Relief Operations were withdrawn.<\/p>\n

This was after Mr Okudzeto Ablakwa had indicated that the soldiers had been asked to leave the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho \u2018above\u2019 has given orders to the military detachment helping us cross flood waters to immediately withdraw when the water levels haven\u2019t receded and when thousands of lives are at stake in camps across these waters?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWho in government is behind this utter cruelty?\u201d He tweeted.<\/p>\n

But in another tweet, Mr Ablakwa said \u201cI just received a call indicating that the order has been reversed and that the soldiers have been directed to return with their boats and resume duty.<\/p>\n

\u201cSoon, we shall fish out those faceless, unpatriotic elements.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reacting to this development in a statement, the GAF stated categorically that \u201cthe information in circulation is inaccurate and that the personnel have not been given any \u2018orders from above\u2019 to withdraw from Mepe or any other community affected by the spillage, contrary to the social media posts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt must be emphasised that the Humanitarian Relief Operations (Operation Boafo), being<\/p>\n

conducted by the Ghana Navy\u2019s Riverine Command and the 48 Engineer Regiment of the Ghana Army is being executed in phases. As of 22 October 2023, the situation in Mepe has been brought under considerable control and therefore it became necessary to urgently redeploy some personnel and equipment to other distressed communities around Battor and its environs, which were in dire need of support.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the deployment of additional personnel and equipment to these distressed communities, the operations being conducted have been varied to suit the evolving situation. It must be placed on record that for the purpose of this operation, GAF has established an Emergency Operations Centre which is coordinating all the GAF activities in a harmonised manner in conjunction with NADMO.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, personnel of the Naval Riverine Command and the Army\u2019s 48 Engineer Regiment are still deployed and conducting the relief operations (Operation Boafo) in accordance with the exigencies of the situation, at Mepe, Battor, Sogakope, Adidome, Aveyime, New Bakpa, Big Ada, Ada Foah and the surrounding communities.These personnel are equipped with 10 Naval Boats and four (four) Engineer Assault Boats. From 13 October 2023 till date, GAF has rescued about 12,000 persons.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has served notice to file a motion in parliament for a full-scale investigation into the causes of the flood in parts of the Volta Region. 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