Compensation for Akosombo flood victims to begin soon – Mahama assures

The President said the government remains committed to ensuring a fair, transparent and responsible compensation process for thousands of families whose homes, farms, businesses and livelihoods were affected by the devastating floods in the Volta and Eastern regions nearly three years ago.

President John Dramani Mahama has assured victims of the Akosombo and Kpong dam spillage that government will soon begin compensation payments as processes to verify affected persons and assess damages near completion.

Speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony for a 24-hour economy model market at Juapong in the Volta Region, Mahama disclosed that the Finance Minister has already made budgetary provision in this year’s budget to commence compensation payments.