Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle Constituency, Dr. Zanetor Rawlings, has called out Works and Housing Minister, Samuel Atta Akyea for claiming that some drains are being desilted in her constituency to prevent flooding in the capital.

The Minister who was addressing parliament in response to his sectors preparation against flooding ahead of the rainy season, said the government had begun desilting drains in some parts of Accra including Adabraka.


However, Dr. Rawlings, whose constituency covers Adabraka and Odawna, told Accra based CitiFM that contrary to the claims of the Minister, there is no desilting work ongoing in the area.

“He mentioned that desilting has begun, and he mentioned some of the areas including Odawna and Adabraka which I can confirm is not the case. The gutters have not been desilted and this is of great concern to the people living there. I was there just a week ago. The whole area, along the Odawna to the garages, with all the gutters including those in Adabraka and Osu need to be desilted,” she said.