Suaman MP Appeals for Flood Relief for Western North, Says Communities Hit for the First Time

Member of Parliament for Suaman, Hon. Frederick Addy, has appealed to government to allocate flood relief funds to Suaman and other communities in Western North, saying the area has experienced flooding for the first time, cutting off traders from markets.

Contributing to a statement in Parliament made by Majority Chief Whip Hon. Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor, Hon. Addy said, the issue of flooding is very devastating. Let let's be honest to ourselves. This issue of flooding honestly Ghanaians less expected this.” He also extended “condolences to the people who were affected. Those who lost their lives and some also lost properties.”

He noted that flooding is not limited to Accra. “When you go to places like Kumasi when you go to places like Volta and then when you come to Western North for instance Mr Speaker Suaman, there's a particular place we have never experienced such flooding before. But here being the case for the first time we had our roads blocked.”

Citing his constituency, he added: “We have never experienced flooding before. But we got to a time this time.”

Hon. Addy urged government to consider Western North in the disbursement of funds, specifically Suaman. He said traders in Dadieso, Sefwi Wiawso constituency, could not reach the Thursday market in Dadieso, the district capital, because roads were blocked.

“We being the MPs our names are being called. Sometimes somebody will call you and ask you to get the person uh a chop money because he couldn't come to uh market to buy things,” he stated.

“So in terms of disbursement of fund the government has to also allocate some to Suaman Dadieso so that this market woman can also get means of uh feeding,” he concluded.