The rainy season is here, and accompanying it is the perennial flooding of some major cities in the country due to poor drainage systems, structures on waterways, choked drains, among other factors.
Prior to the commencement of the season, President John Dramani Mahama set up an Anti-Flood Taskforce, chaired by the Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Operations at the Presidency, Stanislav Xoese Dogbe, to combat Ghana's persistent flooding challenges.
Well, if the taskforce underestimated the magnitude of work on their hands, the heavy downpour over the weekend should be the right awakening message to them.
Parts of the nation's capital, Accra, and the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, were submerged due to the rainstorm that was experienced in the southern parts of Ghana on Saturday, May 17, 2025, and on Sunday, May 18, 2025.
