River Oti floods Zabzugu/Tatale District

Zabzugu/Tatale District of the Northern Region has been cut off from parts of the Region and the country due to flooding caused by River Oti.  Reports say the River Oti Bridge has now become an Island because all the streams along the river have covered Tatale/Zabzugu to Yendi road and no vehicle can cross the river to Yendi.  

All economic activities have also come to a halt.  The houses of Bators of Sabare number two have submerged and the people are now living with their friends at Sabare number one.  The fishermen now use their Canoes to carry travellers at a fare of GHC2 per passenger to cross the two flooded streams on the road.  

The Zabzugu/Tatale District Chief Executive, Umar Adbul-Wahab who briefed news men at Zabzugu said the situation is so serious that he has requested for tents from NADMO to house the over 100 displaced people in the area.    

According to the District Chief Executive, the roads of Nakpale, Kworile, Tilapaani Waribogu and some other farming communities are no more accessible and a lot of foodstuffs particularly yams are locked up in those areas.