Asantehene to Asenso-Boakye: Fix perennial flooding in Ghana

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has tasked the Works and Housing Ministry to take steps to address perennial flooding in parts of the country.

The Asantehene expressed concern about the indiscriminate dumping of waste and also building on waterways, which he cited as major causes of flooding.

He said this when the Works and Housing Minister, Francis Asenso-Boakye, paid a courtesy call on him at the Manhyia Palace during a working visit to the Ashanti Region.

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly has identified about 400 structures that have been built on waterways and is taking steps to demolish them.

After the visit, Asenso-Boakye inspected some drainage projects in the Ashanti Region and called for a concerted effort to tackle flooding.

The visit was to afford the minister, who is also the Member of Parliament for the Bantama constituency, first-hand information on the drainage situation ahead of the rains.

He urged the public to play their part by desisting from disposing of solid waste into the drains in order to collectively mitigate the flooding in the country.

Some of the projects the minister inspected included the Danyame River, Adiemera drains, Samad Hotel drains, Atafoa-Owabi drains, Kumasi Zoo drains, Sisan and Wiwi drains.

Jonathan Ofori

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