Afenyo-Markin blasts NADMO for giving baked beans, noodles to flood victims

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, has criticised the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) for distributing baked beans and noodles to victims of the recent floods, arguing that the affected persons require substantial relief items.

Speaking on the floor of Parliament on July 7, 2026, Afenyo-Markin said although government had reportedly released funds to NADMO for flood relief efforts, the items being distributed to victims were inadequate.

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"We have been told that some funds have been released to NADMO. Only yesterday, Mr Speaker, we saw NADMO at Nima and Accra New Town sharing baked beans and Indomie. Baked beans, baked beans," he fumed.

According to him, residents who have lost their homes, businesses and personal belongings as a result of the floods need essential food items and support to rebuild their lives rather than packaged food.

He stated that flood victims require staples such as rice, maize and cooking oil, as well as government assistance to restore their livelihoods.

"When people have lost properties, they need rice, they need maize, they need cooking oil. They need government to intervene to restore their businesses," he stressed.

Afenyo-Markin also questioned the procurement process for the relief items, expressing concern over how the baked beans supplied to victims were acquired.

"Then, Mr Speaker, we don't even know how they procure these baked beans. People need blankets, people need mattresses," he added.

The Minority Leader further called on the government to provide more appropriate relief materials, including blankets and mattresses, to support those displaced by the floods.

Meanwhile, the Minister of the Interior, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, has disclosed that recent flooding incidents across Ghana claimed 29 lives, with six people still missing.

Speaking before Parliament's Public Assurance Committee, the minister said the fatalities were recorded in separate flood disasters in the Greater Accra, Central and Volta regions.

According to him, the Central Region suffered one of the worst flood disasters a week before the June 29, 2026, floods in Accra, resulting in the deaths of 18 people and the collapse of dozens of houses.

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