Akosombo Dam Spillage: Govt To Construct Resettlement Homes for Victims

The government has launched a resettlement program for communities impacted by the Akosombo Dam spillage.

Led by the Ministry of Works and Housing, this initiative aims to offer new homes to individuals whose residences were devastated by the floods caused by the Akosombo Dam spillage.

As per data provided by the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), over 5,200 households in 19 districts along the Volta River in the Volta, Eastern, Greater Accra, and Oti Regions were affected by the floods.

Minister of Works and Housing, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, emphasized that the complete resettlement project is projected to span six months.

“The construction of the resettlement homes is going to take some months and nothing less than about six months for us to make some significant headway in this exercise and we ask for everyone’s patience as we go through it. We are already starting about a hundred and our final validation will give us the backstock numbers.”