The government has established a Presidential Task Force on Flooding, led by the Deputy Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah to coordinate national flood mitigation efforts across Ghana.
Speaking at the Government Accountability Series on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, Minister for Works, Housing, and Water Resources Kenneth Gilbert Adjei said, “Flooding remains one of the most pressing infrastructural challenges in the country. Accordingly, addressing flooding has remained one of the topmost priorities of this government since assuming office.”
The Task Force has overseen assessments of major drainage infrastructure, the construction and rehabilitation of drains, and the implementation of the Flood Early Warning Response System (FEWS).
Under the National Flood Control Programme, approximately 1.76km of storm drains have been constructed, and strategic dredging and drainage improvement works continue in Accra and Kumasi.
Short-, medium-, and long-term plans include dredging, enforcing building regulations, flood-sensitive land use planning, removing drainage bottlenecks, restoring floodplains under the “Room for the River” approach, and establishing a coordinated waste management system.
Minister Adjei stressed the government’s commitment, saying the measures “require a deepening of the studies that would subsequently lead to the preparation of engineering designs for contractors to be procured for the civil works.
In the coming year, the Ministry will seek the needed resources to begin the processes that should bring relief to the people of Kumasi.”
