Akosombo dam spillage: Affected persons ignored prior warnings – NADMO PRO

In an interview on Citi TV/Citi FM‘s The Big Issue, the Director of Communications at NADMO, George Ayisi, justified that the victims were hit hard by the Akosombo Dam spillage because they took the warnings for granted.

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He said the residents were caught unawares after earlier warnings of a possible spillage in 2022 did not occur, insisting that they conscientiously sensitized the residents.

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Ayisi emphasized that the simulation exercises that were carried out by NADMO in May 2023 were to sensitize residents to avert the disaster they are currently facing.

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We even extended it to Kpando, so that they were on standby.

The people were aware, but they didn’t believe the spillage was going to be done, because in 2022, VRA warned of a spillage, the people were informed, but it didn’t happen

“When inundation started, some of them didn’t want to move out because they were protecting their properties, so we had to force them to move out,” he asserted.

He maintained that they have provided safe havens for the affected victims.