Hon Oppong Asamoah: “We Should Be Ashamed” Over Flooding Noise, Demands Answers on 2019 Funds

Hon. Vincent Oppong Asamoah, MP for Dormaa West, has told Parliament he is “ashamed” of the noise over the recent floods and demanded accountability for money approved in 2019 for flood control, saying detention ponds were not built in five years.

Opening his contribution, the MP said the House should sympathize with bereaved families instead of making noise.

“I am ashamed of what is happening. And I wasn't expecting the noise that we have heard this morning. We should be ashamed. We have to sympathize with the families of the dead. We don't have to be making noise. I don't think the noise will solve any problem. We need to find a solution,” Hon. Oppong Asamoah stated.

*Questions on 2019 Flood Money*

He recalled that in *2019 Parliament approved money to solve flooding issues* and questioned its use.

2019 we all know that we have aproved money in this house to solve flooding issues. Let me ask you. How was the money used? How was it utilized? The money still. we still have some money in our account but implementation challenges,” he said.

The Dormaa West MP said government was “asked to build detention points” but “we were unable to even build detention points for five years.”

“Mr Speaker where is the money? Where is the money? Some of our constituents were ministers of state. And we suffocated this for how many years? We couldn't find solution to this,” he told the House.

Hon. Oppong Asamoah noted flooding is not unique to Ghana, citing *Berlin, Nigeria and the West Coast* as also affected. He appealed for solutions instead of yearly debates.

“Please let's find solutions to this. Because every year we comment on these issues and then we go to sleep. And after it recurs,” he said.

For the way forward, he appealed to government to *allocate at least 20% of the Common Fund* for drain construction in Greater Accra and other flood-prone areas.

“For going forward I am appealing to our government to at least allow about twenty percent of the common flood money. let them invest in drain construction,” he stated.

He also urged government to review and, if necessary, terminate the GARID contract due to what he described as failure linked to “personal interests, political issues.”