Hundrends of residents of Agorkedzi in the Anloga District of the Volta Region have been displaced by tidal waves after a downpour in the area. Mr Raphael Agbanavor, the Assemblyman for the area, told the Ghana News Agency that residents of Agorkedzi and surrounding areas have had their livelihoods destroyed…
Mr. Jonathan Hope, Disaster Manager of the Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS), said the Society was taking the necessary measures to support victims of the tidal waves with temporary shelter kits. He said finding lasting solutions to the problem required a collective effort and, therefore, appealed to the citizens to…
Scores of residents in the Ada East District of the Greater Accra Region have revealed that the uncompleted sea defence wall has now become the pathway for the tidal waves entering the communities and rendering them homeless. They said the project must be fast-tracked and completed to save them from…
The Chief Executive Officer of the Coastal Development Authority (CODA), Jerry Ahmed Shaib, has indicated to residents in areas threatened by coastal erosion to be open to government interventions in terms of relocation. He made this known during an interview on Citi TV Thursday. Mr Shaib noted that “relocation is…
Tidal waves have destroyed more than 400 homes in the Ada West and East Districts of the Greater Accra Region, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has revealed. Some of the communities included Lolonya, Agblabanya, Anyamam, Azizanya, Kpoji and Otlorkpe both in the West and East of Ada. …