President John Dramani Mahama has paid a working visit to Fuvem, in the Anlo Constituency of the Volta Region,, which was hit by tidal waves.
The visit was to show solidarity, assess the damage firsthand, and outline the government’s measures to address the situation.
The Keta Lagoon passes through Fuveme and empties itself into the sea through the Volta River Estuary at Ada Foah in the Greater Accra Region.
However, due to tidal erosion, there’s an attempt by the sea to create a second estuary at Fuveme, thereby trying to link the Keta Lagoon directly to the sea, thereby threatening the livelihoods of people, who are mostly fisherfolk.
President Mahama reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to protecting Ghana’s coastline by constructing sea defence walls to safeguard coastal communities threatened by tidal waves.
He said that upon receiving information about the sea breaking through at Fuveme, his delegation decided to come and take a look.
He said the Fuveme area was part of a World Bank project – the West Africa Coastal Area (WACA) Programme.
“We have already done some work ourselves.
Earlier, when I was President, we did the Agbletorkor Sea Defence, all that area.
Before that, Rawlings’ Government had done the Keita Sea Defence, and then we also started Blekusu 1 and then Blekusu 2 is currently ongoing,” he said.
“The rest of the coast is supposed to be covered by the World Bank $150 million WACA project, and that includes this area all the way to Ketu South and parts of Anloga.” He said there was going to be sea defence and that they....
