Disaster Hits Dan Lartey

dan lartey The storey building at Accra’s suburb of Kaneshie that houses the family of the founder and leader of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Daniel Lartey, could soon melt down totally. That would render the presidential hopeful homeless and the only thing that can save him is swift action, probably by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), to rescue the house. Already, the walls of the GCPP leader’s residence have been pulled down by recent torrential floods, creating a wide passage that easily allows water into the rooms of the building. A visit by The Heritage yesterday strongly suggested that the next heavy rains to hit the area could cause massive havoc to the building and claims lives. The general secretary of the party, Adam Ali, told newsmen in a interview that the damage caused by the floods to Mr Lartey’s property had generated some uneasiness among members of his household, since the presidential candidate and his wife were out of the country, that was at yesterday. He said, if nothing was done about the shattered walls, the leader of the party who was away when the disaster hit his household would return from his trip to find his belongings washed away as more rains have been predicted to hit the country in the ensuring days. It was also observed, when newsmen visited the site Sunday that the broken-down walls had paved the way for the free flow of water into the compound, while mosquito breeding grounds had been created in several potholes carved in the house by recent heavy rains. Some residents were spotted busily drying their soaked items, including books, files, cloths, mattresses and carpets. Others had improvised ways to fight future storms by arranging cement blocks to stop the flow of water from nearby choked gutters into their compounds. Houses which were severely affected by the heavy floods that hit Kaneshie and its environs late last month were still counting their losses and inventing ways to prevent further damage to their property. It is unclear whether Mr Lartey’s residence was constructed on a watercourse that could warrant demolition by the disaster management organisation. Some residents in the area newsmen spoke to were optimistic no government agency would do such a thing, but that NADMO would rather assist them recoup their lost items. The party chief scribe has, meanwhile, called on NADMO to, as a matter of urgency, come to the aid of the octogenarian presidential hopeful and other affected residents in the area to save them from being rendered homeless. Credit: The Heritage