The recent Akosomba Dam spillage, which resulted in the loss of lives and properties, has been brought to light by Mr. Joseph Yammin, the National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
He has uncovered a conspiracy theory suggesting that the Akufo-Addo-led administration is intentionally targeting his party’s fortunes in the heavily impacted areas of the Volta Region.
During an interview on Kumasi-based Ultimate FM, Yammin emphasized that there are no justifications for the incident, as the dam is equipped with engineers who possess the capability to prevent such occurrences if they had genuine intentions.
“The incompetence of this government is legendary and at a point, I am tempted to believe, the conspiracy theory that people are trying to bring out of the disaster in the Volta region. People are saying the government wants to get a lot of people in the stronghold of the NDC, displaced and their cards destroyed and whatever, it’s possible, because a lot of people may lose their voters ID cards and I don’t see the EC having the capabilities to issue these cards back to them”
“If the government does not know, this is going to happen to my people then it tells you that the government is clueless, the spillage cannot be the sole prerogative of VRA, it has to be a cabinet decision and look at the devastating effect on the people”, he lamented.
Mr. Yammin however noted that the NDC will force the EC to replace voter ID cards of all affected persons during the man-made flooding in the area and beyond.
“We are going to force the EC to do it for them after the water levels have subsided. We will like to find out how many people have lost their cards and what the EC will be doing to replace them so that they will still have the chance to vote”, he hinted.
“This is an indication of lack of control, lack of foresight, lack of management on the part of the government. Some assessment should have been done. Akosombo dam is a security zone and must be protected as a matter of urgency”, he stressed.
