Close down Ketu South due to flooding: Dzifa Gomashie calls on GES

The member of parliament for Ketu South, Hon. Dzifa Gomashie has called on the Ghana Education Service to close down schools due to the flooding that has rocked the constituency.

The reason for the close down Ketu South due to flooding call

Schools and homes have been flooded by the heavy downpours per reports from the Volta region. Children from KG have to walk through the floodwaters to access education and that poses extra risk to these young ones

The closure of schools affected by flooding in the constituency will help ensure the safety of learners. Communities greatly affected by the rains include Klikor, Agbozume, and Aflao.

Devastating rains have been recorded in recent days which has led to the flooding of parts of the constituency. Over 1000 dwellers in the affected communities have been displaced.

In an interview with the Citi Breakfast Show and monitored by Ghanaeducation.org, the MP for the constituency indicated that the best decision currently will be to close down schools until further notice.

“I think what we should do is to close down the schools in the three traditional areas affected by the flooding. That is Klikor, Agbozume and Aflao. My fear is that anything can happen when these children are wading through the floodwaters. It is scary, I was born by the seaside, and my house is also at the beach, but I am terrified of water. What I saw this weekend has even scared me more”. The worried Member of parliament indicated.

The Ghana Education Service (GES) at the time of this publication was yet to give any directive to close down the schools as suggested by the MP.

According to her account of the situation on the ground, the levels of flooding seen on the roads are the same as the flooding in people’s homes and rooms across the affected communities.

Stating that the situation is so dire, the Ketu South MP indicated that the amount of water seen on the roads was the same in the rooms of people “so they cannot even sleep in their rooms”.

“And the classrooms have water there too, so I am at wit ends and the churches. There is nowhere you can even send them to perch until the water recedes, perhaps maybe the Municipal Assembly hall that is not flooded. We could move the people to lay their heads until we find some form of shelter for them.”

She added that her fear was that one could slip and break a bone when walking because most of the roads were not tarred.

“So we have a serious situation where the lagoons and the wetlands are all overflowing into the community and there is no way the water can go into the sea,” the worried MP added.

The rains are here again and they, as part of their annual ritual, came with the floods and their devastating impact on communities in low-lying areas.

Will the GES ever heed the “Close down Ketu South due to flooding” call? We wait to see the leadership to be provided.