‘Give us power to demolish illegal structures causing perennial flooding’- NADMO

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) says its inability to demolish illegal structures on waterways is one of the major setbacks in tackling the recurrent flooding situation in the country, especially in the capital Accra.

There are a number of illegal structures put up all over, but it is not the mandate of NADMO to demolish them.

That is the problem we have,” says Abu Ramadan, NADMO’s Deputy Director-General.

On Citi TV‘s Face to Face program on Tuesday, Abu Ramadan suggested that the time is ripe for NADMO to be given the needed powers to pull down structures obstructing the free flow of water, since local authorities have done too little in that respect.

But NADMO says, one of the factors driving the situation is the heaps of filth that have engulfed most parts of the city.

The debris that had taken over the capital, blocked drains that forced rushing floodwaters onto streets and homes.

Anytime it floods, it is always the fifth that has engulfed the drains