The government has presented relief items valued at 35,000.00 Ghana cedis to people in eight communities in Gomoa East District displaced by floods during a heavy downpour on June 20.
The items included 105 bags of rice, 40 bags of beans, corn, cooking oil, used cloths, plastic buckets, plastic plates and cups, Student
mattresses, mosquito nets, blankets, rubber mats and Wellington boots.
The communities were Gomoa Tekyiam, Nsuaem, Adawukwa, Ayensuadze, Okuu-Kwaa, Ekwamkrom, Jukwa and Okyereko.
Presenting the items on behalf of the government to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Mr Isaac Kingsley Aihoon Amah, the District Chief Executive, urged officials of NADMO to distribute the items fairly.
Mr Daniel Domi, the district Co-ordinator of NADMO who received the items on behalf of the victims, expressed his appreciation to the government for his quick response to the plight of the victims and promised to ensure fair distribution of the items.
He said the Gomoa District Assembly has already supported the victims with some items costing 5,000.00 Ghana cedis before the arrival of these items.
Mr Ekow Payine Okyere Eduamoah, Member of Parliament for the area, appealed to the people not to build on waterways and also stop throwing
refuse into gutters to avoid flooding.
Radio Peace FM in Winneba also presented five bales of used clothing to the victims.