Three persons have been confirmed dead as a result of flooding in the West Mamprusi District of the Northern Region.
Two of the victims were reported to have drowned in Kpasenkpe in the overseas area of the district while the other died at Janga, all farming communities along the White Volta.
Settlers along the White Volta have been asked to take precautionary measures to avert further deaths, especially at a time authorities are preparing to open the Bagri Dam in neigbouring Burkina Faso.
Northern Regional Minister and acting District Chief Executive (DCE) for the West Mamprusi District, Moses Bukari Mabengba, who disclosed this in his address during the first session of the 6th assembly, warned of further destructions by the floods.
He told assembly persons that the National Disaster Management (NADMO) would embark on a sensitization drive to appeal to residents along the flood-prone areas to move uphill.
According to him, funds would be allocated to the repairs of school buildings that had been affected by the storms before schools resumed in September.
On security, he noted that the situation was stable but urged residents not to be complacent but endeavour to peacefully coexist with their neighbours to avoid needless skirmishes in the district.
Mr. Mabengba enumerated a number of projects undertaken in the district ranging from health, education, income generation and infrastructural development, calling for concerted efforts in realizing the developmental agenda of the district.
Seth Panwum, Presiding Member (PM) of the assembly, expressed worry over the activities of Fulani herdsmen in the district, appealing to the security agencies to put them in check.
According to him, most of these alien herdsmen were alleged to be involved in various nefarious activities in the district including armed robbery and destruction of farms belonging to indigenes.
The PM was particularly worried that some of traditional authorities, despite the numerous security threats these Fulanis posed, shielded them just because they were offered part of the robbery booty.
He hinted of the assembly’s resolve to expose such crime-endorsing chiefs, warning that the law would not spare them if their cover was blown.
Residents, he indicated, were gradually getting fed up with the activities of these herdsmen who were expected to enjoy the ECOWAS protocol and live in accordance with the laws of the country.
“Ghanaians are beginning to reconsider their hospitality to Fulanis,” he emphasized.
He therefore appealed to the security agencies to partner assembly members of the various electoral areas in the district to address the teething problems of Fulanis who had now assumed the position as owners of the districts.
Mr. Panwum commended government for acquiring a number of motorbikes for assembly members in the district but appealed to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) to fast-track their release to beneficiaries.
He also appealed for measures to be instituted to cater for their running cost in order not to defeat the purpose for which they were acquired.
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