Okaikwei Central MP Urges Discipline, Donates Relief Items to Flood Victims

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Okaikwei Central Constituency, Patrick Yaw Boamah, has called on residents to exercise discipline and adopt responsible sanitation practices to help prevent the perennial flooding that affects parts of the constituency.
The appeal was made when the MP visited communities affected by recent heavy rains to donate relief items to victims whose homes and properties were destroyed by the floods.
The donation, which included essential food items and other relief supplies, was aimed at providing immediate support to families displaced by the disaster. The MP assured the victims that he would continue to work with the relevant state institutions to ensure lasting solutions to the flooding challenge.
Addressing residents during the exercise, Hon. Boamah stressed that government interventions alone would not solve the flooding problem unless citizens also played their part by keeping their surroundings clean and observing environmental regulations.
He urged residents to refrain from indiscriminate dumping of refuse into drains and waterways, noting that choked gutters remain one of the major causes of flooding in the constituency.
The MP appealed to community members to embrace discipline, maintain clean surroundings and actively participate in communal sanitation exercises to reduce the risk of future floods.
Also speaking at the event, the Chief of Abeka, Nii Boi V, echoed the MP’s concerns and called on residents to stop disposing of waste into gutters.
According to the chief, the habit of dumping refuse into drainage systems contributes significantly to flooding whenever there is heavy rainfall.
He urged residents to protect public drains by disposing of waste properly and supporting efforts to keep the community clean, saying a collective commitment to environmental sanitation would help safeguard lives and property.
The flood relief exercise brought comfort to several affected families, who expressed appreciation to the MP for the timely intervention and pledged to heed the advice on sanitation and environmental responsibility.