The Municipal Chief Govt (MCE) of the Adentan Municipal Meeting, Ella Esiman Nongo, has confirmed the deaths of three people following a torrential downpour that hit components of Accra on Sunday, 18 Could 2025.
The heavy rainfall, which lasted for over three hours, triggered extreme flooding throughout a number of components of the capital, together with East Legon, Ofankor Barrier, Adentan, and the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, amongst others.
In an interview with Citi FM, Madam Nongo revealed that the flooding led to intensive destruction of property in communities beneath her jurisdiction, resembling Lakeside, Nanakrom, and New Legon.
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She mentioned.
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Lives and properties have been misplaced. In Lakeside, we misplaced two folks, together with a four-year-old lady in Nanakrom, and a gentleman close to New Legon.
She additionally famous that a number of residents had been trapped of their houses as floodwaters rose quickly.
Madam Nongo attributed the recurring floods to the unlawful building of buildings on waterways and introduced that steps could be taken to demolish such constructions.
She defined:
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Dredging alone can’t remedy the issue. In some instances, builders don’t even strategy the meeting for constructing permits. They take care of one or two people and assume they’ve the inexperienced mild to construct. If you query the planning officers or engineers, they typically say they had been unaware of such constructions.
Accra’s vulnerability to flooding has turn into a persistent disaster. Annually, with the onset of the wet season, town grapples with flooded roads, displaced residents, and important harm to infrastructure.
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Regardless of repeated warnings and temporary interventions by authorities, the underlying points stay largely unaddressed.
Calls proceed to develop for stricter enforcement of planning laws, funding in drainage infrastructure, and a complete, long-term strategy to flood administration within the capital.
