Kwabena Nsenkyire, the Ashanti Regional NADMO boss
THE NEW Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s decision to construct and expand the Aboabo storm drain in the Asokore Mampong Municipality, will help save life and property in the area.
Currently, a total of 8,520 people, including women, children and the aged, live around the Aboabo storm drain, which is one of the major flood-prone areas in the Ashanti Region.
Kwabena Nsenkyire, the Ashanti Regional NADMO Director, who made the disclosure, said 1,500 out of the 8,520 residents in the area, risked being affected by the flood waters, when the rains set in.
In this regard, the NADMO chief has welcomed the government’s decision to construct and open the Aboabo storm drains to help avert the perennial floods in the area.
Speaking in an interview with Otec FM in Kumasi, he stated that aside the heaps of garbage that had found their way into the drains, the current size of the Aboabo storm drain is not big enough to contain all the running water in the area.
He announced that some houses which are located close to the Aboabo storm drains look very weak and dangerous for human habitation, so they must be pulled down at the appropriate time to avert disaster.
According to him, this present NADMO believes in taking positive actions to help prevent disasters, rather than waiting for disaster to occur “before we come to distribute rice, oil, mattresses, clothes and other items”.
Mr. Nsenkyire also commended the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), led by Osei Assibey Antwi, for working tirelessly to desilt most of the rivers and streams in the city that were choked with heaps of garbage.
According to him, the action taken by KMA would go a long way to avert floods at the TUC and Parks and Gardens area, which are among the flood-prone spots in the Ashanti regional capital.
Mr. Nsenkyire urged landlords, who live in flood-prone areas such as Kronom Afrancho, to unite and assist NADMO to institute proactive measures that would prevent floods, before the rainy season gets underway.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi