He claimed that with today's technology, water can be redirected so that, in the event of a leak, the extra water may enter farmlands via tunnels that have been built.
When I hear on TV or the radio that we should move, it truly aggravates me.
Like we just appeared out of nowhere.
We are not intruders since we were here long before you made the decision to come and build these dams. We are involved," Mr. Ablakwa emphasized.
"We must put on our thinking caps and devise a scientific method to guarantee that this never occurs once more," he continued.
In an interview conducted last Thursday from Mepe, one of the impacted communities, the North Tongu MP made these declarations.
Nearly 70% of the labor in the country, according to Mr. Ablakwa, is employed in agriculture; however, the nation does not practice mechanized or contemporary farming, thus this presents an opportunity to supply much-needed irrigation.
He stated, "Imagine if they had an engineering solution where excess water from the two dams could go into these smaller dams; that intervention wouldn't have failed, even with their failed One Village, One Dam policy."
Restitution
Given the destruction the Volta River Authority (VRA) had caused to the residents of the Lower Volta, Mr. Ablakwa declared that, when the time was right, he would seek full recompense for all flood victims.
"VRA needs to understand that we won't allow them to get away with this; you can't force people to lose their homes and means of support and then expect them to survive."
Speaking on behalf of numerous people impacted by the floods, Mr. Ablakwa stated, "We will insist on full compensation and nothing else."
Therefore, if the VRA did not fairly and completely pay the impacted parties, the North Tongu MP vowed to personally lead a class action against them.
In addition, Mr. Ablakwa stated that his organization was compiling information on the value of property, farms, and fishing ponds that had been lost in the North Tongu constituency.
He pointed out that the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has already tallied roughly 28,000 displaced individuals.
"We're assembling everything here."Thus, we will not make any compromises about providing our people with proper compensation," he said.
He applauded the populace for their unwavering fortitude and singled out the youth, stating that they were the only reason there had not yet been any losses.
"Our supporters should know that we will be there for them at every step of the way.
We will not drive them from their homes or abandon them in the camps.
We will support them, and I want to thank Ghanaians for their unity," Mr. Ablakwa continued.
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has advocated for an engineering solution to the predicament of those impacted by the recent flood destruction caused by