{"id":121362,"date":"2015-06-02T11:32:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T11:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=121362"},"modified":"2015-06-02T18:29:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T18:29:53","slug":"ghana-not-backward-even-houston-gets-flooded-asaga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/06\/ghana-not-backward-even-houston-gets-flooded-asaga\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana not backward; even Houston gets flooded \u2013 Asaga"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Moses Asaga has sought to calm Ghanaians that the perennial flooding of Accra does not mean the country is backward.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”jNLcOVX4DoRZ963M8OEIMExSPKTma6lS”]According to him, even Houston in Texas, gets flooded when it rains but that does not make the city backward.<\/p>\n
He was reacting to complaints by panelists on the Citi Breakfast show<\/strong>\u00a0about recurring floods, and comments that government’s failure to solve the problem shows the country is “backward.”<\/p>\n \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