Member of Parliament for Korley Klottey Constituency in the Greater Accra region, Hon Dr. Zenator Rawlings has mounted stiff criticism at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly ( AMA) for failure to dredge the Odawna choked drains at Kwame Nkrumah circle – interchange and its environs respectively.
The MP who was ushered and flanked by some residents, and city authorities on assessment tour to affected areas bemoaned the Assembly has reneged to deliver on its mandate to rift the city off filth and curbed yearly flooding. She also opined the meteorological service department of Ghana, have hinted of a possible heavy torrents of rains in larger volumes in 2019, and called on officials of AMA to be proactive in its quest to curtail future flooding in and around the devastated enclaves within the constituency, christened as the heartbeat of bricks business and citadel for commercial activities.
The MP further noted that despite repetitive reassurances by mandated bodies and institutions, events of last night calls for worry. She retorted that, there should be the need for a concerted action coupled with pragmatic roadmap to deal ruthlessly with recalcitrant persons whose attitudes lead to the perennial flooding across the constituency on yearly basis.
However, the Hon. Dr. Zenator who appeared troubled judging from the revelation of last night heavy downpour, as she embarked on familiarization tour to acquaint herself with firsthand information called for an immediate stakeholder consultation on the way forward to minimize the situation.
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