Managing Director of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Junior, has advised government to provide a solution to the tidal wave problem that has been persistent in Keta and its surroundings for years.
According to him, what government needs to do at this moment is to act swiftly and solve the current tidal wave problem that has been wreaking havoc in parts of the coastal towns in the Volta Region.
“At this stage, we do not need any lectures on what has been done in the past. What we need now is to move to the ground and solve the pressing humanitarian problem in Keta now. What has been done in the past does not matter,” he said.
He stated that although there have been attempts by previous governments in the past to solve the issue of tidal waves invading the homes of people in Keta and its surroundings, peoples houses have still been destroyed by the recent tidal wave invasion.
“The last time I went to Keta, what I saw was shocking. I mean areas that we used to go to in Keta, you can’t see it anymore. The sea has just taken them and people there are really suffering,” Kwesi Pratt said.
Speaking on Good Morning Ghana on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, the Managing Director of the Insight newspaper described the tidal wave problem as an old problem that dates back to about three or four decades.
Kwesi Pratt indicated that government should prioritise the completion of the second phase of the sea defence project in Keta.
"Now we say that we have completed the first phase of the sea defence project and that there is a second phase to be completed. That should be the priority,” he said.
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Recently, a tidal wave has hit some communities in the Keta and Ketu South Municipalities, leaving hundreds of residents displaced.
A similar incident occurred in June this year when five communities -- Agavadzi, Salakope, Adina, Blekusu and Amutinu -- were hit by tidal waves, causing destruction to hundreds of properties and displacing more than 1,000 residents.