The NADMO team interacting with some of the residentsTHE EASTERN Regional Secretariat of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has sensitised residents of four communities in the region to the likely impact of spillage from the Bagre Dam of Burkina Faso. The communities which spread across four districts include Kwahu– Kotoso, Adwaso, Amankwaa – Tornu, and Ekye – Amanfrom, all in the Kwahu South, North and Afram Plains North and South Districts respectively. So far, 34 persons have been confirmed dead following the devastating spillage in northern Ghana. During separate engagements with the communities, the Regional NADMO Director, Kwame Appiah Kodua, tasked the residents to take disaster-risk-reduction issues seriously to help reduce the effects of disasters on all, especially the less privileged in the society. On their part, the residents, including fishermen and market women, expressed their profound gratitude to NADMO for the counselling.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 27, 2018 11:15 UTC