The government of Ghana has not shut its eyes to the threat posed by tidal waves to coastal communities, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Francis Asenso-Boakye, has said.
He said the protection of those communities was high on the government’s agenda and that very soon, the government would secure the needed funds to complete coastal protection works on sections of the country’s 550km coastal stretch that remained at risk of the tidal waves.
Mr Asenso-Boakye gave the assurance when he addressed the media after touring some coastal communities recently affected by tidal waves in the Ada West and East districts in the Greater Accra Region yesterday.
In the Ada East District, two out of the 36 islands, Kewunor and Azizanya, were recently pummelled by tidal waves while in the Ada West District, 10 buildings in Akplabanya and 15 buildings at Anyamam were destroyed displacing more than 500 residents.
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