The National Disaster Management Organisation, (NADMO), in the Wassa Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region, is appealing to Ibrahim Mahama’s Engineers and Planners to consider dredging the River Tano and Samre to help halt the continuous flooding of the Samreboi community.
This follows confirmation by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in the Wassa Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region on June 19 of extensive destruction caused by severe flooding in parts of Samreboi and Asankragwa, where more than 24 buildings reportedly collapsed.
The flooding occurred after the Samre and Tano rivers overflowed following heavy rainfall in the area, inundating several communities, displacing residents, and causing significant property damage.
The Deputy NADMO Director for the Municipality, Christopher Bevel, in an update on Monday, June 22, said more people are being affected by the continuous flooding, which is overstretching its relief centres.
He appealed to Ibrahim Mahama to dredge the rivers to stop the water overflow into the Samreboi.
“The flood started Sunday, June 14. But it keeps on increasing. Initially, we allocated those victims to places like schools and then churches. And we had five places, which were Aboifie School, Aboifie Catholic Church, Aboifie Deba Centre, and the Aboifie Methodist Church. But it keeps on increasing. So the allocated places have also increased.
“Now we have also sent some of the community people to Pentecost Church, Catholic Church, that’s Nyambekyere and Bekwai, and some individual houses. The Odo River also flooded. And it was our Honourable Brother, our Honourable Father, Mr Ibrahim Mahama, the CEO of Engineers and Planners Company, who helped them to dredge the water.
“So on behalf of NADMO and the community, including Ghana as a nation, we are pleading that Honourable Ibrahim Mahama will help us with his machine so that the water or the river can be dredged,” he said.
