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“Some Ghanaians have made it their full time job to blame President Mahama for every misfortune that hits the country” and according to Presidential Staffer Kojo Adu Asare, “this doesn’t speak well of us as a people”.

The former NDC Adenta MP said Ghanaians must also check their attitudes that have contributed largely to the misfortunes that have hit the country.

Mr Adu Asare was contributing to a panel discussion on Accra based PeaceFM’s Kokrokoo programe on the perennial flooding situation in the country.

Several parts of Accra were submerged by floods following rains which started on Thursday morning. Many commuters who were on their way to work had to seek refuge at safer places. The rain, which started around 4:00am, continued till about 1:00pm. After a break at 1:00pm, it started again with a severe storm around 5:00pm for about three hours. Places like the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Kaneshie, Adabraka, Awoshie and Tema among others, were some of the worst affected areas.

The floods and the level of destruction that came with it, once again triggered the debate about the seriousness and commitment of the country to tackle the problem in a more comprehensive way.

The former parliamentarian opined that the situation where politicians will be the first to condemn any decisions that are made to mitigate the effects of torrential rains and make a huge political address on the flooding situation and then turn around to blame the same government has been the bane of Ghana’s politics.

“We were in this country when the Accra Mayor decided to pull down some structures to pave way for easy passage of water and everybody saw and heard what this same Danquah Busia people were saying. They incited the public against the Accra Mayor calling him all sorts of names as though he was a heartless person. Today we are all testimonies of what has happened because of the attitude of the NPP and yet they have the effrontery to harp on leadership as the cause of Ghana’s flooding problems,” he added.

He was responding to criticism by the NPP Director of Communications, Nana Akomea, that Ghana’s perennial flooding crisis is as a result of poor leadership and that it will take an NPP government to solve it. He said the NPP has the track record of solving the flooding crisis that has bedeviled the country

“We have proven that we can do it in the past. When Kuffour came to power, the people had a serious problem with flooding where hundreds died anytime the rains came down. But it took a strong and decisive leadership to fix that problem. That is the kind of leadership we are talking about not the type Ghanaians are witnessing today,” he said.

But Mr Adu Asare said Ghana will be better served if issues such as the perennial flooding situation are depoliticized so the country can come together and fix it once and for all. He was ever quick to add that Ghanaians must support the government’s policies and programs that are meant to deal with the flooding situation head on.

“We have to stop this attitude of running to some influential figures to come to our aid when government is taking an action that will serve the supreme interest of the country but you may not happy about. That kind of attitude will not help us. It will only bring us back. We ought to be a law abiding people”.