The Tema West Municipal Chief Executive, Ludwig Teye Totimeh, has announced plans to urgently restore degraded Ramsar sites and other wetlands within the municipality.
He made this known during a demolition exercise in Klagon, on Friday, May 30, undertaken as part of the Mahama government’s ongoing flood prevention efforts.
“We have put in place a task force that will be monitoring and seeing to it that these structures don’t come up again. Now we will have to reclaim the land and restore it to its original use,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Director-General for the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Ahmed-Rufai Afarahim, underscored the urgency of protecting the Ramsar site, warning that unchecked encroachment poses a significant threat to the entire Greater Accra Region.
According to him, the wetlands serve a crucial role in flood control and water management.
“If you look at this site, all the water coming from the motorway and Ashaiman flows here before it gradually enters the sea. Most of the fence walls we brought down still have water in them. We need to reserve the place because of the rate at which people are putting up structures; we are afraid that moving forward, if we are to maintain these structures, the whole of Accra will submerge,” he said.
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