Floods: Demolish illegal structures on waterways regardless of political cost – Elikem Kotoko

Speaking at a media briefing on Friday, 3 July, the Director General of Joint Operations of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier General Forster Okae-Yeboah, said the military had been assigned to coordinate the exercise under a wider government flood mitigation initiative intended to restore affected communities and reduce the risk of similar disasters in the future.

There’s no greater political consequence than losing the lives of people, and therefore there’s a need for us to sit up and make sure we fight this,” Kotoko added.

Discussing the disaster, Mr Kotoko said, “I commend the need for the military to come in to do this.