{"id":153527,"date":"2024-02-19T23:59:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T23:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/19\/we-cant-be-blamed-for-akosombo-dam-spillage\/"},"modified":"2024-02-19T23:59:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T23:59:50","slug":"we-cant-be-blamed-for-akosombo-dam-spillage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/19\/we-cant-be-blamed-for-akosombo-dam-spillage\/","title":{"rendered":"We can&#8217;t be blamed for Akosombo dam spillage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMA) has once again absolved itself of blame for the Akosombo dam spillage disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Over 30,000 people were displaced after the Volta River Authority (VRA) spilled excess water from the Akosombo and Kpong dams in September 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Stakeholders questioned the data-sharing system between the GMA and VRA; however, the Director-General of the Agency, Eric Asuman, says the agency provided VRA with the necessary rainfall data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur forecast indicated that we were going to have an above-normal forecast. That was early enough for anybody to watch and be prepared and take the necessary precautions. It couldn\u2019t have been the fact that GMA didn\u2019t give them information. We did, and the news came that we were being blamed. If you talk to the right people at VRA, they will tell you that couldn\u2019t have been the problem of GMA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/p>\n<p>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU: <strong>https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMA) has once again absolved itself of blame for the Akosombo dam spillage disaster. Over 30,000 people were displaced after the Volta River Authority (VRA) spilled excess water from the Akosombo and Kpong dams in September 2023. Stakeholders questioned the data-sharing system between the GMA and VRA; however, the Director-General of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We can&#039;t be blamed for Akosombo dam spillage - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/19\/we-cant-be-blamed-for-akosombo-dam-spillage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We can&#039;t be blamed for Akosombo dam spillage - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMA) has once again absolved itself of blame for the Akosombo dam spillage disaster. 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