Eric Nana Prempeh-Agyemang, the Director-General of the National Disaster and Management Organisation (NADMO), has cautioned people who take undue advantage when there is a disaster against selling relief items meant for victims.

He made the comment while touring the areas affected by floods in the Ketu South and Keta Municipalities of the Volta Region.

Speaking to Class 91.3 FM’s Volta Regional Correspondent, Kingsley Attitsogbui, the NADMO Director-General said “I have directed that relief items are not for sale. It is not meant for every individual in the community. It is meant for individuals who have been affected by the disasters."

"So this time around I have pleaded with Chief Executives who are also chairpersons for disaster management committees in the various districts to make sure that nobody, no single person, takes anything to go and sell. They should make sure everything gets to the affected victims,” he continued.

He urged the local staff of NADMO to co-operate with the relevant authorities to ensure a smooth distribution of relief items.

“Co-operate with the assembly that is the Chief Executive so that things will be done orderly according to assessment,” he said.

The NADMO Director-General also pleaded with the locals to relocate to safer grounds.

He noted that despite the ancestral beliefs they might hold that deters them from moving from flood prone areas, in times like these, they must move away till a time when the flood waters recede in order to safeguard their lives.