Stop the flooding

Seriously, I am issuing this warning to whoever is responsible for preventing floods in Accra that inaction is not an option. Something has to be done (and immediately!) to prevent any further loss of lives. If it’s too late for us to save lives this year, I want us to be absolutely sure that next year we will be ready for the rains and they won’t cause any havoc.
As I watched the president on his surprise visits to these flooded areas on television yesterday I could not help but shed a tear for the perished souls and the sophisticated properties that are being carried away so easily by the habitual flow of the drains
The first thing to do is for the ‘authorities’ to use their authority to demolish all the buildings in waterways. Of course it will be a difficult thing to do. But that’s why they are the ‘authorities’
Some of these decisions will not necessarily win them votes but we need to do what we ought to do. If our decisions/actions are unpopular but do not cause people to ‘swim’ to their deaths in muddy waters, then that’s the way to go.
The second and the most important thing, I think, is for government to take the issue of drainage very seriously. If the gutters were not so small and were not so choked with garbage, we wouldn’t have this problem. Forget about those houses in the waterways for a moment. Accra’s gutters are absolutely useless when it rains. Just take a ride around the city on a rainy day and you’d see how the waters wash out plastic bottles and all sorts of garbage from the drainage system.
I suppose that as a people, we’ve decided that we cannot (and will not) stop littering. That’s not wise but in a situation like this, I believe that it is government’s responsibility to protect the people from bringing death and destruction onto themselves.
Furthermore, it is imperative that we embark on a very serious exercise to cover all (not a few, not some – but all) the gutters in the country. You see, when the gutters are covered, people cannot turn them into trash bins and so they won’t be choked. And when the rains come, the waters will flow freely and there will be no floods. This is common sense that the ‘authorities’ should be aware of
In the meantime, countrymen and women, I believe that the floods should teach us all a lesson: we need to stop littering. It’s not too much to ask, if we want to save lives?
Remember, the banana, orange peel you throw into a gutter might cause a flood, which could take your life or that of a person close to you.
Think about that and keep safe. I will not do it so please don’t do it to affect me.I have not finished my swimming lessons and can easily die