NADMO Central in collaboration with the Central Regional Coordinating Council (CRCC) duly received some relief items from NADMO HQ presented by the Director of Inspectorate on behalf of our transformational Director General, Major (rtd) Dr Joseph B. Kuyon.
Receiving the relief items, the Central Regional Minister, Hon. Eduamoah Ekow Panyin Okyere expressed gratitude to the Director General of NADMO for the prompt intervention and thoughtfully detailing the Inspectorate Division to the Region in the wake of the recent disasters to join hands with the Regional Director to attend to management of the disasters that claimed three lives few days back when two buildings collapsed as a result of torrential rain falls.
Hon. Eduamoah who is the Chairman of the Central Regional Disaster Management Committee cautioned affected people in the Cape Coast Metropolis as well as other parts of the Rehion to refrain from such unforseen dangers and thanked the team for the swift and prompt intervention in honouring their promise of relief provision.
The Regional Minister further stated the relief items would be distributed without any discrimination or personal interest. This he stressed would bring trust to the affected people.
As the head of the Regional Disaster Management Committee and also the Regional Minister, I would make sure these items are fairly distributed without personal intent, he ended. Hon. Eduamoah cautioned the affected victims not to be complacent as everyone would have their fair share, adding that anyone who builds on water ways or does not use the right building guide would face the full rigour of the law.
The Regional Director of NADMO, Mr. Emmanuel Kwesi Dawood Mensah outlined some measures taken to curb unforseen impending storms during this period and preparations made to manage them.
He noted that most houses identified during monitoring and inspection by NADMO Central during the routine hazard identification exercise of structurally weak buildings, billboards and other structures poses danger to public safety and needed to be pulled down before any unforseen circumstances occur again.
He reiterated his urgent call on corporate Ghana, NGO's, FBO's, CSO's and Philanthropists to complement the efforts of Government through NADMO in providing the needed relief, resettlement and reconstruction needs of the over five thousand and seven hundred (5,700) victims in the Region as a result of disaster occurrences in the month of June only.
In a response, the Director in charge of Inspectorate
Division at the head office, Mr. Richard Amo Yartey called on the Regional Minister to prioritize the distribution and assured the regional director of NADMO of the head offices full support at anytime to swiftly curb such disaster, especially in this wake of heavy rains and tidal wind occurring in the region.
Mr. Yartey presented quantities of rice, oil, student mattresses, blankets and mosquito nets to NADMO Central through the Central Regional Minister.
Present at the donation were Mr Tally Ansah Asiedu, Head of Public Affairs and Communications at the Office of the Central Regional Coordinating Council, the Mayor of Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly, Hon. George Arthur and some officials of the regional office of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO).
