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Dep Interior Minister 'verbally assaulted' by flood victims
The Minister was verbally attacked after he presented some relief items to scores of them who have been displaced by the flood disaster.
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Parts of Bolga Municipality in the Upper East region were on Wednesday flooded after hours of rain.
The torrential downpour destroyed properties worth thousands of cedis, with farmlands being the worst hit.
The rains also submerged some houses, making movement impossible. Work and classes were also disrupted due to the downpour.
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The Deputy Interior Minister had subsequently sent some relief items including blankets and mosquito coils to several of the victims and survivors.
Even though some of the victims expressed appreciation to the Deputy Interior minister for his gesture, others were of the opinion that the relief items had nothing to do with some of the concerns they have earlier raised.
“The MP only brought blankets and mosquito coils. Are mosquitoes what caused our areas to be flooded? When we are even talking of the food items and other belongings we have lost, this is what he can bring,” Kofi Adjuik, one of the angry victims, told the media at Sandema, capital of the Builsa North District.
“This is a waterlogged area. We are talking about loss. Look [at] what he’s given to us. We need what they would do to make us free (from flooding) every year, not to come and give a mosquito net or a mat. The only thing they can do is to see what they can do about the roads. That’s all!” another victim lamented.
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On his part, the Deputy Minister said the relief items “may not be enough”.
“The irony is that we were trying hard to pass the NADMO Bill to make NADMO more responsive in the face of disaster, unknown to me my own backyard was going to be hit hard by some disaster. Yesterday, I, in my own small way, went round. I visited some of the victims. We distributed some relief items. It may not be enough. The Regional Minister’s intervention and that of NADMO is timely and I want to thank them for their efforts,” Mr. Agalga said.
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