{"id":376763,"date":"2017-11-23T14:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=376763"},"modified":"2017-11-23T12:07:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T12:07:11","slug":"we-have-new-plan-to-stop-flooding-in-accra-atta-akyea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/we-have-new-plan-to-stop-flooding-in-accra-atta-akyea\/","title":{"rendered":"We have new plan to stop flooding in Accra – Atta-Akyea\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mr. Samuel Atta-Akyea, Minister of Works and Housing, has revealed that government has put together a road-map to provide permanent infrastructure solution to the perennial flooding in Accra.<\/p>\n
He explained that because the capital expenditure for the provision of the drainage and sewage to fix the recurring floods are beyond the national budget, there is the need to seek external help to address the problem.<\/p>\n
Mr. Atta-Akyea made the revelation on the second day of debate on the 2018 budget statement in Parliament.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”ckJlQzj8ZCXlvygPv0qBG2tNuK1u7Efa”]Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance on November 15, 2017, presented the government\u2019s 2018 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament.<\/p>\n
The budget highlighted results from the government\u2019s policy programmes over the past few months, and announced the government\u2019s planned developmental programs for the next fiscal year.<\/p>\n
Among the major programs to be rolled out by the government in 2018, are a proposed 13 percent reduction in electricity tariff for residential consumers, the establishment of nation-building corps and operationalization of the special prosecutors\u2019 office.<\/p>\n
Mr. Atta-Akyea also stated that, the perennial flooding situation in the capital over the years has become an embarrassment to the country.<\/p>\n