Iddrisu Challenges NPP On Flood Record
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has delivered a blistering rejoinder to the New Patriotic Party over perennial inundation, questioning the opposition’s capacity to demand immediate solutions after presiding over years of unresolved urban flooding. The riposte escalates partisan hostilities as seasonal rains expose systemic vulnerabilities in drainage and sanitation.
Speaking with pointed directness, Iddrisu turned the accountability lens back on his critics. “If you didn’t resolve flooding in years, why expect us to do it in a short time?” the Minister asked, casting the opposition’s expectations as politically expedient rather than technically grounded. The remark was delivered amid rising public anxiety over submerged neighborhoods and disrupted commerce.
The Minister contended that flood mitigation is a generational undertaking requiring sustained capital investment, regulatory enforcement, and behavioral change. He argued that the hydrological crisis cannot be disentangled from decades of encroachment on waterways, weak by-law compliance, and infrastructure backlogs inherited across successive administrations.
According to the Ministry of Education’s public affairs unit, Iddrisu’s intervention is intended to recalibrate the national conversation toward long-term resilience rather than episodic blame. The Ministry underscored ongoing interventions, including desilting, culvert rehabilitation, and community sensitization, while acknowledging that outcomes will accrue incrementally.
Ghana’s flood narrative is deeply structural, intertwining urbanization pressures, climate variability, and institutional capacity. Political actors have historically traded recrimination during each rainy season, yet durable remediation demands cross-party consensus and budgetary continuity. Experts warn that without integrated land-use planning, even ambitious projects risk being overwhelmed.
The current exchange may define the political terrain for flood governance in the near term. For citizens wading through waterlogged streets, the imperative is less rhetorical victory than measurable relief, and that will depend on whether policy outpaces polemics.
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*Author:* Korkor Anumu
