The spillage of the Bagre Dam in neighbouring Burkina Faso has had a huge toll, inundating more than 12 fishing and communities around the Volta Lake, in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region.

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) estimates the total cost of the flood, which had so far displaced about 2,554 people, including children, at GHC1,846,650.

Torrential rains in the area had further worsened the situation, with Fantiekura, Pentecost Nsuano, Adiembra number three, Bayawaya, Vutidekey, Agorkope as well as parts of Tokobikpoe, Logakope, Dzatakpo and Vorkope.

 In an interview with Sompa FM, Godwin Awudi, the Assembly for Yeji Traditional Council Electoral Area, indicated the affected people, currently perching with relations and friends.

Mr Awudi said flooding waters further washed away about 50 farms comprising vegetables, maize and yams.

School children in many of the affected communities are currently in the house as the Vutidekey and Fantiekura District Assembly Primary Schools had been submerged with roads leading to the Brekentey and Kadue D/A Primary schools flooded.

Mr Awudi, the Assemblyman for the Yeji Traditional Council Electoral Area appealed for immediate support for the upkeep of the affected people.

Describing the flooding as the worst experienced in the district, he said the Pru East District Assembly in collaboration with the Yeji Traditional Council had released land, but required public support to develop it and relocate some of the flood prone communities.

Mr Awudi advised the people to refrain from putting structures at waterways, and appealed to NGOs, philanthropists and corporate and religious bodies to come to the aid of the people and added urgent measures were required to ensure that school children in the affected communities were back to school.

As at filing this report, Sompa FM gathered Mr Yaw Adu Gyan, the Bono East Regional Minister and Mr Eric Agyemang Prempeh, the Director General of the NADMO were expected to visit and assess the situation at the affected communities.

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