The Volta River Authority is providing millions of drugs to assist the victims of the Akosombo dam spillage.
About 30,000 people have been displaced due to the spillage and are held in centers where NADMO and other relevant stakeholders are providing relief items to them while measures are instituted to restore them to normal life.
Speaking in an interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM’s morning show “Kokrokoo”, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Engineering and Operations) of Volta River Authority (VRA), Ing. Edward Ekow Obeng-Kenzo revealed that the Authority is actively involved in relief mission.
According to him, the Authority has installed a water pump as well as sending water tankers frequently to the affected people to supply them with water.
He noted that because of the spillage, the drinking water in the affected areas has been polluted and advised the residents against drinking water coming from the dam spillage, but in order to address the situation, the VRA is freely providing them with clean water.
The VRA Engineering Chief also noted that the Authority anticipates the affected areas may experience some health dangers, therefore their hospital unit has liaised with the district health facilities to provide adequate healthcare to the victims.
“Yesterday, our hospital unit also sent about 1.5 million worth of drugs to the community; a whole truckload of drugs to support NADMO activities,” he told Sefa Kayi.
He continued; “Due to this spillage, at least, snakes will come from their normal habitat to the land and bite people. We have to send them anti-snake bite drugs. What else, maybe someone may contract cholera, so we have set our mobile hospitals in the communities to ensure that at least those basic things are, they are being given apart from the food and where they sleep.”
He further stated that the Energy Ministry is also helping by giving solar lamps to provide light in the areas.
Ing. Edward Ekow Obeng-Kenzo emphasized the main focus of VRA is to restore the affected people to normalcy, making sure they “go back to their livelihood”.
