Co Festsus Aboagye (Retired) has shared his paper on Ghana's recent tidal wave disaster in early 2025 and the troubling narrative of national disaster preparedness and management.
The publication of this paper comes at a critical juncture in Ghana's ongoing struggle with environmental and infrastructure challenges.
As communities along Ghana's 550-kilometer coastline face increasingly severe tidal wave events and inland regions recover from the devastating Akosombo Dam spillage of 2023, the wisdom in Benjamin Franklin's observation that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" has never been more relevant to our national discourse.
This comprehensive analysis examines how delayed action and fragmented responses have significantly increased the human and financial costs of these disasters.
