Two-day clean-up exercise insufficient to address flood crisis - Afenyo-Markin
Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Minority Leader in Parliament, called on the government on Tuesday, July 14, on the floor of Parliament, to move beyond short-term measures and introduce a comprehensive national sanitation policy to address Ghana's worsening flooding challenges. He argued that a two-day clean-up exercise announced by the government after the devastating floods of June 29 cannot provide a lasting solution. He stated, "The clean-up exercise is not the solution. The solution is a well-thought-out policy on sanitation. That is what we need as a country and it is becoming too late in the day...."
Afenyo-Markin stressed that Ghana requires a long-term and coordinated approach focusing on sanitation, drainage systems, and effective flood prevention measures. He recalled that during previous discussions on the flooding situation in Parliament, the Minister for the Interior informed the House that the government would develop a comprehensive policy to address flooding and its causes. The June 29 floods caused destruction in parts of Accra and other affected areas.
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Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has criticized the government's two-day clean-up exercise as an insufficient response to Ghana's persistent
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