Joy News File
Jul 4, 2026 · 3 hr · 12 segments
Analysis and discussion of news and current affairs in Ghana with panellists
Jul 4, 2026 · 3 hr · 12 segments
Analysis and discussion of news and current affairs in Ghana with panellists
Samson Lardy AnyeniniHostDennis Miracle Saboi AdjeiGuest
Susan Adu-AmankwahGuest
Inusah FuseniGuestBernard Makafui AgbenenuguGuest
Ed AndrewsGuest
Michael Obeng-KonaduGuestWe have a total of seven thousand seven hundred and sixty-one households that were displaced, with thirty-eight thousand eight hundred and two individuals affected, with seven persons still missing as at this morning.
Because, Mr.
Speaker, I've been at the Finance Committee in the past three hours, I've not been able to, uh, read my briefs at the-- this afternoon.
I don't know whether many more have been found, but seven people as at this morning were displaced, and the total deaths are twelve individuals that were-- that, that, that we lost.
A total amount of three hundred and fifty million is being targeted to be used to help in dealing with the challenges that we, we, we have.
Mr.
Speaker, the president has instructed that one hundred-- two hundred million will be targeting relief items to these close to over, uh, twenty, uh, close to over, what do you call, ten thousand households that have been affected across the whole coast.
And the one hundred and fifty will be used to mitigate the flood issues within this, uh, what do you call it? The, the, the, the, the coastal areas.
Mr.
Speaker, let me take this opportunity to extend our condolences and that of government and the people of Ghana to the families that lost their family members, and we assure them we are with them in this difficult moment.
We know many people could not be in their homes and even sleep in their homes, but government is doing whatever it, it can.
Yesterday's flooding is the clearest evidence that this task force produced no meaningful intervention on the ground.
If serious drainage works resulting of flood mitigation infrastructure had been undertaken, the impact of the rains, however heavy, would have been measurably reduced.
Instead, entire neighborhoods went underwater, exposing the gap between government rhetoric and government delivery.
The minority is calling on this house to establish a parliamentary committee specifically mandated to investigate the conduct of the Flood Preparedness Task Force and the relevant government ministries and agencies in the lead up to this disaster.
disaster.That inquiry must establish what work, if any, the task force undertook since its establishment, what funds were allocated to it, and how they were spent, what specific mitigation measures were planned and implemented, and why none of this prevented or meaningfully reduced the impact of foreseeable seasonal flooding.
Stagnant floodwater mixed with uncollected refuse and overflowing sanitation facilities create conditions for the rapid spread of communicable diseases, including cholera, typhoid, and other waterborne and vector-borne illnesses.
The minority is therefore pressing for an urgent and substantive briefing to this house by the Minister for Health, setting out precisely what steps are being taken to monitor affected communities for early signs of disease outbreak.
This briefing must happen without delay.
The country cannot afford a public health crisis compounding a disaster that was itself avoidable.
[siren wailing] What is worrying for me is that the forecasts are forecasts of even more rain to come.
And if this is going to be more rain, I believe that the government could also consider even declaring a state of emergency, um, so that we deal with this in that particular format, that a state of emergency is declared.
Because this is a real big problem for this country, and we have to put all our energies, all our talents, all the engineers, all the hydrologists.
We have a total of seven thousand seven hundred and sixty-one households that were displaced, with thirty-eight thousand eight hundred and two individuals affected, with seven persons still missing as at this morning.
Because, Mr.
Speaker, I've been at the Finance Committee in the past three hours, I've not been able to, uh, read my briefs at the-- this afternoon.
I don't know whether many more have been found, but seven people as at this morning were displaced, and the total deaths are twelve individuals that were-- that, that, that we lost.
A total amount of three hundred and fifty million is being targeted to be used to help in dealing with the challenges that we, we, we have.
Mr.
Speaker, the president has instructed that one hundred-- two hundred million will be targeting relief items to these close to over, uh, twenty, uh, close to over, what do you call, ten thousand households that have been affected across the whole coast.
And the one hundred and fifty will be used to mitigate the flood issues within this, uh, what do you call it? The, the, the, the, the coastal areas.
Mr.
Speaker, let me take this opportunity to extend our condolences and that of government and the people of Ghana to the families that lost their family members, and we assure them we are with them in this difficult moment.
We know many people could not be in their homes and even sleep in their homes, but government is doing whatever it, it can.
Yesterday's flooding is the clearest evidence that this task force produced no meaningful intervention on the ground.
If serious drainage works resulting of flood mitigation infrastructure had been undertaken, the impact of the rains, however heavy, would have been measurably reduced.
Instead, entire neighborhoods went underwater, exposing the gap between government rhetoric and government delivery.
The minority is calling on this house to establish a parliamentary committee specifically mandated to investigate the conduct of the Flood Preparedness Task Force and the relevant government ministries and agencies in the lead up to this disaster.
disaster.That inquiry must establish what work, if any, the task force undertook since its establishment, what funds were allocated to it, and how they were spent, what specific mitigation measures were planned and implemented, and why none of this prevented or meaningfully reduced the impact of foreseeable seasonal flooding.
Stagnant floodwater mixed with uncollected refuse and overflowing sanitation facilities create conditions for the rapid spread of communicable diseases, including cholera, typhoid, and other waterborne and vector-borne illnesses.
The minority is therefore pressing for an urgent and substantive briefing to this house by the Minister for Health, setting out precisely what steps are being taken to monitor affected communities for early signs of disease outbreak.
This briefing must happen without delay.
The country cannot afford a public health crisis compounding a disaster that was itself avoidable.
[siren wailing] What is worrying for me is that the forecasts are forecasts of even more rain to come.
And if this is going to be more rain, I believe that the government could also consider even declaring a state of emergency, um, so that we deal with this in that particular format, that a state of emergency is declared.
Because this is a real big problem for this country, and we have to put all our energies, all our talents, all the engineers, all the hydrologists.
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