Member of Parliament for Bortianor Ngleshie Amanfro in the Ga South Municipal District of the Greater Accra Region, Sylvester Tetteh is advocating for the dredging of the Weija Dam to stem the annual flooding that in some instances result in the loss of lives and properties running into millions of cedis.
He says he is currently piecing up some facts to enable him raise the issue on the floor of parliament.
According to the MP, since the construction of the dam in 1978, there has not been any dredging works, with the situation worsened by land encroachment, leading to floods any time the Ghana Water Company spills the dam.
The MP was speaking when he toured parts of his constituency recently hit by floods.
Mr Silvester Tetteh who was not in the country during the incident, visited some of the flood victims at Aplaku and Tetegu Down where he interacted with them and pledged his support for them.
He was accompanied by the MCE of Ga South, Mr Joseph Yarni Stephen and Constituency Executives.
At Aplaku, he visited some severely affected houses where occupants had still not been able to return.
Though the MP was there to assess the situation to enable him plan his next move, he managed to support them with an undisclosed amount.
Some of the affected places had previously never flooded.
He said even though the National Disaster Management Organisation NADMO had already been to the community to assess the situation and to help address immediate challenges, he was duty-bound to learn at first hand, what exactly his constituents were faced with and to see what he could do to mitigate their suffering.
He was worried that some residents had put up houses in waterways.
The MP said he had lined up a number of activities for the community, including health screening programme to prevent any epidemic outbreak.
