Some residents in some communities in the Kintampo North Municipality of the Bono- East Region have been rendered homeless following a heavy rainstorm that hit their homes on 24th April, 2021.
The municipal NADMO Director, Mr. A. B Mohammed disclosed that the heavy rainstorm affected eight communities in the municipality including the Hamdallah Farms at Korowura kura.
Speaking to Yagbon News, he confirmed that over 210 houses and 2 schools have been ripped off with over 700 individuals displaced with no casualty recorded.
According to him, the Municipal NADMO team have visited the affected communities and victims, and data has been taken to be submitted to the Regional NADMO directorate in due course for the necessary actions to be taken.
Meanwhile some of the victims have acquired temporal accomodation with friends and relatives and others at religious places of worship with the support of the municipal NADMO team.
He noted that logistics at the municipal stores were not enough to care for the damages incurred but hopes items such as packets of zinc, bags of cement among other items shall be given to victims after the necessary bureaucratic procedures have been completed.
The Member of parliament for the Kintampo North Constituency, Hon. Joseph Kwame Kumah described the situation as mind boggling.
He noted that the rains have just started but over 350 buildings have been affected by the rainstorm and this included schools, markets and individual households.
He added that harm caused by the disaster is beyond the capacity of a Member of Parliament and therefore calls on government, NADMO and philanthropic agencies to come to the aid of the victims.
The farm manager of Hamdallah farms Adam kpana said the Storm is the second his his farm got damaged with the first in December 2020 were the house got burnt through an electrical fault and the Storm last Saturday evening around 9:30 pm equally affected our farm badly because almost eight sheds got ripped off, he said in a worried voice and therefore calls for support from the government and other development partners to revamp his farm.
Source: yagbonradioonline/Abdul Fataw Diwura
