Floods are not a political switch: Stop insulting Ghanaians intelligence

Yesterday’s claim that the NPP government “solved” the flood problem, only for the new government to have “unsolved” it overnight, is not just careless. It is the height of disrespect to the intelligence and sensibilities of Ghanaians.

Flooding in Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi and across this country is not a light switch you flip on and off with a press statement. It is decades of poor drainage planning, blocked gutters, unregulated building on waterways, weak enforcement, and climate pressure. No single government solves it in one term, and no government “unsolves” it in one day.

To insinuate otherwise is to treat citizens like people with no memory and no eyes. We all saw the floods under the NPP. We are seeing the floods now. The water does not check party colors before it enters people’s homes in Kaneshie, Adabraka, or Weija.

Ghanaians are dealing with real losses: destroyed goods, lost school days, sick children, and broken roads. What they need is engineering, maintenance, dredging, and enforcement. What they do not need is cheap talk designed to score political points.

But wise people know the weak propaganda when they see it. You cannot manufacture a fake victory yesterday and then blame your opponents for reversing it today. Problems that took years to build will take consistent, non-partisan work to fix.

If we are serious, let us debate drainage budgets, EPA compliance, NADMO preparedness, and district assembly enforcement. Let us track excavated silt, not headlines.

Until then, spare Ghanaians the insult of pretending floods were “solved” and are now “unsolved.” We are watching. We remember. And we deserve better.