Member
of
Parliament
for
North
Tongu,
Samuel
Okudzeto
Ablakwa,
has
urged
parliament
to
expedite
its
probe
into
the
spillage
of
the
Akosombo
and
Kpong
dams
that
led
to
an
estimated
30,000
human
displacements
last
year.
Parliament
is
yet
to
set
up
the
committee
to
sit
on
the
matter
and
with
fears
of
yet
another
spillage
as
the
rainy
season
intensifies,
the
North
Tongu
MP
wants
the
house
to
treat
the
issue
with
urgency.
“The
motion
admitted
by
the
Speaker,
we
have
debated,
all
that
is
left
is
for
the
committees
to
be
set
up.
And
every
week,
I
will
remind
leadership,
because
leadership
keeps
telling
us
that
they
will
meet
with
speaker
and
put
the
committees
together.
“I’m
referring
to
the
VRA
spillage
from
the
Akosombo
dam,
that
committee.
Intelligence
is
that
they
are
likely
to
start
spilling
again
very
soon,
we
haven’t
learnt
lessons,
and
we
haven’t
come
up
with
any
recommendations.
Mr
Speaker,
we
need
to
have
that
committee
work,”
he
said.
In
October
2023,
a
controlled
spillage
of
the
Akosombo
Dam
was
carried
out
to
prevent
an
overflow,
resulting
in
the
displacement
of
residents
in
low-lying
areas.
The
communities
most
affected
were
in
the
North
and
Central
Tongu
districts,
with
estimates
suggesting
over
35,857
people
were
displaced
and
thousands
of
homes
and
farmlands
were
destroyed.
The
floods
had
a
profound
impact
on
over
30,000
individuals
in
the
North
Tongu
district,
leaving
them
in
urgent
need
of
assistance
from
government
and
charitable
organisations.
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