\u201cHaving floods does not mean backwardness. Last year, I was in Houston and it was raining. I was really shocked that with all their very beautiful roads. As my taxi was moving, the road was flooded,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A heavy downpour on Tuesday has flooded most areas in Accra, rendering roads inaccessible and virtually bringing the city to a standstill.<\/p>\n Mr. Asaga acknowledged that comparing Accra and Houston \u201cis not a complete measure\u2026but having floods does not necessarily mean backwardness.\u201d<\/p>\n He nonetheless argued that \u201cHouston, which is the petroleum capital of the world with its infrastructure, is not backward just because the rain fell and there were floods on their streets.\u201d<\/p>\n The NPA boss pointed out that \u201cin the US, every time we hear about floods, does not mean that those states that get those floods which are disasters are backward.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n![\"Moses](\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/moses-asaga.jpg\")
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