A Legal Practitioner, Mr. Yaw Oppong has said residents should not be held responsible for the recent floods that hit certain parts of Accra.
According to him the city authorities should rather be held liable for the problem. “citizens should not be blamed for this mess because we have blamed citizens for too long. It is time to ask the state what it has done for us after we have given them part of our powers.”
A heavy rainstorm that hit Accra and other regions on Thursday rendered residents stranded and homeless.
Speaking on Citi FM’s News Analysis Programme, The Big Issue, Mr. Oppong said “the state has failed to comply with its part of the contract” to serve the populace.
According to him, the onus lies on the state to provide citizens with the services which will ensure that citizens do not experience floods. “As far as I am concerned if the state does what it has to do, there will be an impediment for people to dump refuse in the gutter.”
He also emphasized the need for city authorities to be reminded of their duties.
The floods that hit the nation’s capital have partly been attributed to the continual dumping of rubbish into Accra’s drains.
Speaking on the same platform, the President of Policy Think Tank, Imani Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe attributed the problem to infrastructural challenge, adding that the country needs close to 2 billion to fix its infrastructural problems.
Offering a solution to the problem, the Editor of Business Finder,Mr. Toma Amihere proposed that the various districts should account for their internally generated funds to ensure that the funds disbursed to those districts serve its purpose.
By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana