Hon. Michael Kpakpo Allotey, the mayor of Accra, has provided flood victims in Avenor, Circle Neoplan Station, North Kaneshie, and Bubuashie with a total of GH¢132,000, food items, and sanitation tools as part of immediate relief efforts following the recent heavy rains that affected numerous homes and communities in the city.
GH¢130,000 in direct cash donations to impacted communities, an extra GH¢2,000 to a shop owner to clear a drainway, 31 boxes of cooking oil with 372 bottles, 120 bags of rice with 600 pieces of 25 kg bags, eight wheelbarrows, and eight shovels to assist impacted residents and cleanup efforts were all included in the total support.
The Mayor gave GH¢50,000, 20 cooking oil boxes, 300 bags of 25 kg rice, five wheelbarrows, and five shovels to Avenor.
Hon. Allotey gave GH¢30,000, four cooking oil boxes, 75 pieces of 25 kg rice, three wheelbarrows, and three shovels to Circle Neoplan Station in order to aid flood victims and help remove debris from the region.
The mayor also visited the Swanlake neighbourhood and Ahonfe Close in North Kaneshie, where he gave the impacted households GH¢20,000, four boxes of cooking oil with 48 bottles, and 100 pieces of 5 kg bags of rice.
In the Bubui Electoral Area, in Bubuashie Attico on Kanto Street, Hon. On behalf of the impacted citizens, Allotey gave the community leader Stella Yanky GH¢30,000, three boxes of cooking oil with 36 bottles, and 125 pieces of 5 kilogram sacks of rice.
Speaking to the victims, Hon. Allotey stated that the donations were made on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), and the local Member of Parliament (MP), Hon. Ernest Adomako, in order to show sympathy and assist the affected residents in coping with the immediate effects of the disaster.
He said that after a thorough evaluation of the impacted houses was finished, the AMA would return with more assistance. The Assembly had noted the challenges that the inhabitants were encountering, including the destruction of mattresses, cooking equipment, food items, and other personal possessions.
Hon. Allotey stated that the AMA had sent sanitation workers to assist with the cleanup effort and had given free compactors to remove trash from the impacted communities. He also urged locals to refrain from throwing trash into gutters and drains since this blocked drainage channels and made flooding worse.
He reassured locals that the Assembly would keep collaborating with local authorities and pertinent organisations to clean drains, remove impediments, and implement strategies to lessen flooding in the impacted areas.
In order to guarantee that the relief supplies were given equitably to those who most needed them, the mayor urged the impacted locals to stick together and work with their local authorities.
Hon. Alfred Asiedu Adjei, the Assembly Member for the Avenor Electoral Area, thanked the Mayor, President Mahama, the MP, and the AMA for attending to the people’s needs.
He stated that the rice, cooking oil, money, and sanitary supplies will be very helpful in helping the impacted families and the community start the healing process.
Source: newsthemegh.com