The Founding Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Mr. Kwesi Pratt Jnr., has blamed the recurrent flood situation in major cities in Ghana on sheer irresponsibility on the part of people, having no regard for the impact their actions wield.
He condemned the necessary authorities for not setting enough examples for people to replicate and scorned them for showing zero interest when people flout the laws.
Speaking in a non-contestable debate on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana on Wednesday, 19th April 2023, Mr. Pratt indicated that holders of these laws are inundated in breaking them, making them susceptible and incapable of reprimanding others.
He further suggested that the situation persisted in several areas and likened it to a breakdown of order which needs immediate attention.
“There is some breakdown, maybe complete, breakdown of order in our society and it stretches everywhere. How many times hasn’t the Inspector General of Police issued a warning about the use of sirens? And how it is causing a commotion on our roads? Just this morning as I was driving here, I counted 5 vehicles using sirens from my house to this place,” he stated.
Mr. Pratt indicated that the lack of supervision and monitoring from some authorities has swept the sense of responsibility under the carpet and predicted an impending disaster waiting to surface.
“There’s no order, nobody cares. The impunity in our society…you know, big men have become larger than life, men and women have become larger than life and they do as they please, everywhere and anywhere. That’s the problem.”
Kwesi Pratt also chastised politicians for leveraging on the flood issues to make empty promises without salvaging the situation.
“The rains have come again, the rains will come every year. I mean some time ago, the politicians saw the rainy season as an opportunity to project themselves so they will do nothing about stopping flooding and when the floods occur, they will go and stand in the flooded areas and take photographs, they will go and pretend to be doing something at the plight of the people.”
Adding to his submission, Eric Amoako, a leading NPP communicator stated that although some mitigation processes have been done in time past and now, people should also focus on the part the environment plays in the flood issues.
He noted that people shouldn’t be unperturbed about the dangers of climate change, redesigning of the rainfall pattern, and some other factors to the generality of the problem.
He corroborated the government’s efforts in time past and solicited more interventions and discussions from authorities to help mitigate the situation.
“Of course, I mean, in all of these conversations, there’s a responsibility of the state and the authorities that are involved to ensure that it doesn’t happen.”
Mr. Eric Amoako encouraged more consented efforts from the citizenry to see flood issues reduced to their barest minimum.
By Leonora Enyonam Annoh | Metrotvonline.com | Ghana
