The District Director of National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in Central Gonja, Mohammed Mustapha, has criticized the management of the Bui Dam for alleged negligence, claiming they failed to notify residents living within environs close to the Bui Dam prior to the recent spillage.

Engaging the media, Mr Mustapha noted that despite a prior commitment to educate people residing along the banks of the Black Volta River before any spillage occurred, management of Bui Dam failed to do so.

“Prior to this water spillage this season, they [management of Bui dam] told us that they would come because their water level was still high and so, we should prepare a budget for us to use seven days to sensitize the people around the river banks.”

“Yes, so, Buipe, Banda, Bole, and Kintampo North NADMO Directors, did collaborate and submit the budget to Bui Dam as requested.”

“But after submission, they failed to turn up or communicate to us again until we began seeing the water coming into people’s houses and farmlands. So, it’s a failure on Bui Dam for not living by their words”, he told MyJoyOnline.

Approximately 1,500 residents, including women and children from 500 households, have been displaced by flooding in Buipe, a town situated in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region.

NADMO has reported that among those affected are 239 adult males, 230 adult females, 348 boys, and 427 girls.

As a result of the flooding, three public toilets and numerous private ones are now submerged, raising concerns about potential health risks.

The deluge has additionally inundated food storage facilities and submerged fifty acres of farmland, impacting three private schools.