The Ghana Hydrological Authority has revealed that it needs $5 billion to effectively tackle the country’s flood problems.
In 2023, the authority was allocated GH¢92 million under the National Flood Control Programme, a sum it considers insufficient.
Speaking at a session of the Assurance Committee in Parliament on Wednesday, Dr. John Kissi, Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, stressed that the $5 billion is crucial for comprehensive flood prevention and management across the nation.
“In 2023 under the National Flood Control Programme, we received about GH¢92 million to undertake flood mitigation works across the country.
“The work that we’ve done looking at the flood waste challenges across the country we estimate that we need about $5 billion across the country to address comprehensively the flood waste challenges that we have.
“That is looking across every city and every town in every region of the country,” he stated.
