Forty more houses with a population of about 400 occupants at Kikali NO 4, a farming community in the Central Gonja District submerged on Sunday October 24. This brings the number of displaced persons in the Central Gonja District close to 30,000.
Their homes and other valuables worth thousands of Ghana cedis have been destroyed by the floods caused by the Bagre and Kampianga dams spillage coupled with this year’s torrential rains.
This was discovered when Hon. Sualisu Bi-Awuribe, the District Chief Executive accompanied by Hon. Amadu Seidu, the Member of Parliament for Yapei/Kusawgu constituency visited Kikali on a fact finding mission.
The situation has led to the mass exodus of some of the affected persons fleeing to find refuge in some parts of the Volta Region.
Hon. Sualisu Be-Awuribe disclosed that government through the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has provided relief items for the displaced persons.
The package includes 100 bags of long grain rice, 100 bags of maize, 40 cartons of cooking oil, 400 blankets, 20 bales of used clothing, 50 pockets of roofing sheets and 20 pockets of nails.
He said 4 tents have been erected to provide temporary accommodation to the displaced persons.
Commenting on the purported rising conflict in Buipe, Hon. Be-Awuribe debunked the assertion and advised residents of the area to re-channel their resources into making life comfortable for the displaced persons.
According to him, the District Security Committee imposed a ban on drumming and dancing in the area in view of the recent chieftaincy crisis that erupted in-connection with the deskinment of Chief Abdulai Jinapor.
The DCE said at no point did he lift the curfew and pleaded that the aggrieved parties should use the appropriate quarters’ to address their grievances.
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