Victims of the June 3 floods who live in Adabraka are accusing officials of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) of bias in the distribution of relief items.
NADMO has been distributing relief items to victims of the flood and fire disaster which left over 150 dead and hundreds displaced after government allocated a GH¢50 million package to assist the victims.
[contextly_sidebar id=”gJDtAIHSDKrunC2DmwG3txvIfkG3gBwJ”]Places such as Odawna, Adabraka, Osu and its surrounding areas were among those affected by the floods.
However, some residents the NADMO officials have failed to carry out the distribution in an orderly manner.
“They came to write our names twice. This is the third time and I have still not received a thing. They should distribute the things like the way they came to write the names and stop the unfair treatment they are giving to us especially when we were most affected by the floods”, a victim remarked
Another victim expressed her anger saying, “I lost a lot and the things would not amount to even five percent of what I lost but I appreciate the effort. However, they should go according to the list and stop distributing it in the way they deem fit”.
NADMO officials at the scene however declined to speak to Citi News.
The items – which included second-hand clothing, buckets, basins, mosquito coils, and mattresses – were handed over to about 200 victims of the flood.
Some of the beneficiaries who spoke to Citi News commended NADMO for the support and asked the government to “do more, since the items are not enough to restore us to our former state.”
By: Ivy Antwi/citifmonline.com/Ghana