Chairman of the Ad – hoc Committee of Parliament set up to investigate the Akosombo dam spillage disaster, Sulemana Adamu Sanid has expressed appreciation to some actors for their role in providing relief items to the affected persons in the affected communities.
The Chairman commended individuals when he led the committee to visit the affected communities as part of its fact-finding mission.
In a press briefing at Adidome after the visit to affected communities, the chairman indicated that North Tongu is an epicentre adding that what has been put together for the victims is appreciable.
‘’We commend Hon. Samuel Okudzeto, MP for North Tongu, the DCE, and the NADMO staff for their efforts to ameliorate the catastrophe”, he said.
However, Hon. Okudzeto explained that his outfit adopted a by-Partisan approach to deal with the humanitarian crisis during the disaster.
The North Tongu lawmaker also made strong reservations about how VRA conducted their affairs and what led to the spillage’’
According to him, he was never invited during the stakeholder engagement and argued that VRA did not help in that regard.
Hon. Okudzeto therefore urged VRA to drop what they describe as safe haven and come out with a different approach adding that, “you cannot describe basic schools as safe haven and opined that those places must be convenient for human habitation”.
Meanwhile, the VRA has begun a series of media publicity warning communities of another spillage.
The Ad-hoc committee visited affected communities such as Mepe / Juapong (North Tongu), Mafi (Central Tongu) Sogakope (South Tongu).
