The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has donated GHC 100, 000 to flood victims in the West Mamprusi District of the North East Region even as authorities such as the National Disaster Management Organization(NADMO) and the West Mamprusi District Assembly continue to provide relief items and temporary shelter for to them.
Earlier today he cut short his campaign tour of the Greater Accra Region and rushed to the region to commiserate with the affected persons following the floods that devastated four villages in the district yesterday.
The Vice President promised to support the victims put up much stronger houses when the rains are over.
“They are being temporarily housed in a number of schools. And this is one of the locations where they are being temporarily housed. NADMO has acted quickly, has brought some relief items including food items, including mattresses, buckets, mosquito coil and other items. Rice and sugar and milk for the sustenance of the people for now. We are also adding one hundred thousand Cedis to them so that the food items that are required will he purchased, more will be purchased. I have asked at least 500 bags of corn should be purchased to supplement what has already been brought…
By the grace of God when the rains stop, we will help them to build their houses again. And we pray for the rains to stop so that those houses will he constructed in a better way to withstand future flooding. So this is what brings me here,” he said at Banawa.
The affected residents were full of praise for Dr Bawumia for his timely intervention.
The affected villages, Gaagbini, Dimia, Tinkaya and Banawa, were submerged in flood waters after days of torrential rains that caused some dams to break their banks and flow into the villages, flooding them.
The floods have destroyed farmlands and homes and displaced hundreds of the residents. A three-year old child has unfortunately lost his life.
