Joseph Osei-Owusu, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bekwai, has appealed to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to the come to the aid of residents of communities which were affected by a heavy rainstorm last week Tuesday.

He said his office would assess the damage and file a report to the appropriate quarters for the necessary action towards assistance and relief. About 200 people were rendered homeless when four communities in the Bekwai constituency were hit by a heavy downpour, affecting about 45 houses.

The affected communities are Kwamang, Abesewa, Asokore and Nkyikyiam.Roofs were ripped off and walls broken, causing extensive damage to properties worth thousands of Ghana cedis. No casualties have so far been recorded. Mr. Fred K. Nkansah visited the communities to console with the victims, most of who are now putting up with friends and relations in and around the affected communities.

The Unit Committee Chairman of Abesewa, Mr. Osei Kwadwo, complained that the victims suffered a similar problem last year, but did not get any form of assistance from NADMO and the Bekwai Municipal Assembly, and appealed to the MP for the area to help them. He also appealed to the Bekwai Municipal Assembly to give relief assistance to the victims, and give the rehabilitation of damaged properties priority attention. In a related development, 78 houses in the Amansie West District have had their roofs ripped off when a terrible rainstorm hit seven communities in the area.

The affected communities are Manso Yawkrom, Manso Aboabo, Manso-Nkaa, Manso Suntreso, Manso krofufrom, Manso Kyenkyenase, and Manso Suntreso Krofufrom. The District Chief Executive, Mr. Alex Kwame Bonsu, and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Co-ordinator, Mr. Amoako Gyampah, and officials of NADMO have visited the victims and consoled them.

The DCE appealed to the NADMO to come to their aid to help in the rebuilding of their houses. He appealed to the people to always engage competent artisans to work on their houses, and advised them to plant trees around their houses to serve as wind breaks to avoid a future recurrence of the disaster.