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Residents of Weija are calling on water authorities and the government to fix the cracks on the Weija Dam as the rainy season begins.

Residents at Tetegu all the way to parts of Dansonman and its environs have been victims of perennial flooding as a result of spillage from the water treatment plant. Hundreds of locals are either displaced or lose properties running into millions of Cedis every year when there is a spillage.

“We are appealing to the water authorities to step in quickly because the rains are coming and we can’t endure any flood. I’ve stayed here for close to 10 years and every year I go through this problem. It will be worse with the Covid-19 now spreading when we encounter another flood. We know the president is a listening father and we are appealing to him to do something about the Weija Dam else catastrophe awaits the nation,” Nii Boye Adama told the media.

“We have a lot of issues but the flooding is the issue. Now we hear there are cracks all over the dam and this is terrible. Do they want us to die? Anytime they spill the dam everything comes to a standstill in this part of the capital. Are we not part of Ghana. Our children have to virtually swim before they get to school or schools don’t open at all. It’s not easy, the Ghana Water Company Limited and the government must hear our cry this year,” Roselyn Amoah, a trader who has been in the area for about two decades lamented.



Isabella Gyan, a student said: “I’m scared. Every year this is what we go through. Last year my little sister nearly lost her life when the flood came. A friend was also nearly electrocuted when he stepped into the water with an electric wire in it. Our lives are in danger. We are appealing to our MP and officials to save us this time because we can’t fight flood and coronavirus at the same time.”