THE ACCRA DAILY MAIL
WENDESDAY OCTOBER 17, 2007
FLOOD VICTIMS, GHANAIANS CONTINUE TO SHOW SOLIDARITY
The general Ghanaian public continues to show sympathy for the victims of the flooding in the three northern regions. The chairman of the Guarantee Trust Bank, Alhaji Ibrahim Yusif and the paramount chief and elders of the Asogli Traditional Council, Togbe Afede have made separate donations to support the victims.
Alhaji Yusif donated an amount of three thousand Ghana cedis while the Paramount Chief and elders of the Asogli State donated two thousand Ghana cedis and forty bags of rice.
The donations were received by the Chairman of the Northern Development Forum, Alhaji Hakeem Wemah.
Alhaji Wemah said they will make sure the donations are sent to the victims of the flood disaster to make life easier for them.
At a separate ceremony, the Bethel Branch of the Seventh Day Adventist, SDA, at Osu also presented items worth seven-point-five million Ghana cedis to assist the flood victims. The presentation which includes second hand clothes, shoes and bags is an initiative of the Women’s Ministry of the Church.
The Pastor of the Bethel Brach, Emmanuel Odenkey Abbey, who presented the items on behalf of the ministry, called on all religious bodies who prayed for the rains, to go to the aid of the victims.
Receiving the items, the Director of Administration, GBC, Alhaji Hamidu Chodi, who is also a member of the Public Affairs and Publicity Committee of the Northern Development Forum, thanked the ministry for its kind gesture and urged them to extend the good will to other needy people in the country.
The northern part of the Ghana last month, hit by flood after heavy and persistent rainfall. Almost 60,000 farms including crops and livestock were lost while food processing facilities were submerged. There are about 300,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) and about 75,000 people at risk of malnutrition. The immediate needs of the victims include food, access to safe drinking water, health and shelter. The resultant ecological changes may have a negative impact on future agriculture production in the three regions which were already in a very poor state without the floods.
