Dr. John Kissi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Hydrological Authority, has stated that the Authority requires $5 billion to effectively tackle flooding nationwide.
He noted that last year, the Authority received GHC92 million under the National Flood Control Programme, which was insufficient.
Dr. Kissi made these remarks during a session of the Assurance Committee in Parliament in Accra on Wednesday, emphasizing that the required funds are crucial for addressing the country’s flooding challenges.
“In 2023 under the National Flood Control Programme, we received about GH92 million to undertake flood mitigation works across the country.
“Our work that we’ve done looking at the flood waste challenges across the country we estimate that we need about $5 billion across the country to address comprehensively the flood waste challenges that we have.
That is looking across every city and every town in every region of the country,” he stated.
