Residents living along the storm drain running through Asylum Down and Nima in Accra, have opposed the claim by Works and Housing Minister that, the video of floating waste in the drain was taken to make the government unpopular.
Samuel Atta Akyea on a visit to the area Wednesday, described the video as untrue and an attempt by some persons to create disaffection for the government.
“There was a whole propaganda trending that a lot of debris was floating after 15 minutes of a downpour. But that arrangement couldn’t be like that.
“It was all false and those who are behind it to smear the government must know it is not proper,” the Minister said during an inspection tour to flood-prone areas in Accra.
However, the residents, in an interaction with JoyNews' Ernest Kojo Manu, affirmed the earlier report published on Myjoyonline.com
Watch the report in the attached video:
Latest Stories
-
Inlaks strengthens leadership team with key appointments to drive growth across sub-Saharan Africa
56 minutes -
Green Financing: What Ghana’s Eco-startups need to know
1 hour -
CHAN Qualifiers: Amoah confident of beating Nigeria
1 hour -
Governments deprioritising health spending – WHO
1 hour -
Lordina Foundation brings Christmas joy to orphans
1 hour -
Yvonne Chaka Chaka to headline ‘The African Festival’ this December
1 hour -
Nigerian man promised pardon after 10 years on death row for stealing hens
1 hour -
MGA Foundation deepens support for Potter’s Village
2 hours -
Galamsey: One dead, 3 injured as pit collapses at Nkonteng
2 hours -
Man, 54, charged for beating wife to death with iron rod
2 hours -
MedDropBox donates to UG Medical Centre
2 hours -
Afenyo-Markin urges patience for incoming government
2 hours -
Case challenging Anti-LGBTQ bill constitutionally was premature – Foh Amoaning
2 hours -
Fifi Kwetey: An unstoppable political maestro of our time
2 hours -
Volta Regional ECG Manager assures residents of a bright Christmas
3 hours