The Volta River Authority (VRA) has explicitly stated that it never attributed the regrettable flooding that resulted from the release of water from the Akosombo and Kpong Dams to the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMA).

Deputy Chief Executive for Engineering and Operations, Edward Obeng-Kenzo, emphasized that the VRA has been collaborating with and depending on GMA's data for the past six decades.

“We can never ever blame GMA. It’s never possible. As I’ve always been saying, for the past 60 plus years we’ll be working with Ghana Meteorological Agency, they tell us how the rains will come how the weather will behave, and allows us to predict and project the water level,” he said.

He said the GMA predicted more rains from August onwards and “that is what we are seeing and we also adjusted upon the data that is given so we can never blame them for it.”

On September 15, 2023, the Volta River Authority began a controlled release of water from the Akosombo and Kpong Dams. This release was necessary because to the high amounts of rainfall in the Volta river catchment area, which caused the dam's water levels to rise quickly.

The VRA said that the overflowing was required to stop the dam from overtopping and to keep it from collapsing after it exceeded its 276-foot normal operational level.

Communities downstream in the North, Central, and South Tongu districts were impacted by the leak.

The National Disaster Management organization, the municipal and district assemblies, and the downstream villages were informed in accordance with the VRA disaster preparedness plan, and the officials were instructed to monitor the situation.