Tag Archives: AKOSOMBO

  The government, as part of the 2024 budget, has earmarked GH¢220 million to aid relief efforts for communities impacted by the Akosombo Dam spillage floods. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta disclosed this information during the budget presentation on Wednesday, November 15. He further mentioned that additional resources would be allocated …

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has revealed that the Volta River Authority (VRA) will be hauled before Parliament to answer questions over the spillage of the Akosombo Dam which has displaced many residents. More than 30,000 residents along the Volta River have been displaced with properties running into millions of cedis …

The National House of Chiefs,  has emphasised the need for a comprehensive approach to the resettlement of those impacted by the Akosombo dam spillage. Over 2, 6000 households have been affected following flooding caused by the spillage of the Akosombo dam. Speaking at a meeting in Kumasi vice-president of the …

Transfer victims of the Akosombo dam spill to the Saglemi housing project – CSOs The Alliance of Feminists Civil Societies Organisations (AFCSOs) has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a matter of urgency to consider relocating flood victims to the Saglemi Housing Project. The Volta River Authority (VRA) …

The Head of Public Relations for the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), George Ayisi has revealed that, no victim of the Akosombo Dam spillage has been relocated to the Saglemi Housing Unit, According to George Ayisi, the report about the Saglemi Housing Unit being used as a relocation centre for …

The Executive Director of BSK Health Advocacy Foundation who also doubles as a Senior registered Mental Nurse Health Advocate,Mr Bismark Kwabla Kpobi has made a passionate appeal to government to divert COVID-19 health Recovery levy fund into saving the lives of the Health needs of residents in communities along the …

President Akufo-Addo will on Monday, October 16, visit and solidarise with the victims of the spillage from the Akosombo Dam. He is expected to visit the districts severely hit by the unfortunate situation. The Communications Director at the presidency, Eugene Arhin made this known. Mr. Arhin in a Facebook post …

The Founder of Movement for Change, Alan Kyerematen, has toured and commiserated with victims of communities affected by the Akosombo Dam spillage. The spillage continues to render several residents homeless and thousands of homes submerging in floodwaters since the spillage. Residents continue to cry for support from the government to …

The Volta Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)has placed a pressing call on the Volta River Authority (VRA) as a matter of urgency halt the increasingly spillage of the Akosombo Dam until pragmatic safety measures are put in place to curb the predicament before it blows alot of …

A significant overflow of water from the Akosombo Dam has unleashed a crisis, displacing thousands of residents in the Mepe, Battor and 20 other communities in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region. Presently, more than 700 households find themselves grappling with the rising waters as a result of …