Information is the answer

I will be very, very happy if you can kindly publish this article in

your respected news paper with the above title to draw the attention

of NADMO.

I red with keen interest in ghanaweb news edition of Friday 11th of

February 2011 about NADMO saying they are ready for this year rains.

Very interesting and encouraging.Distiling gutters and clearing

unwanted things things so that water do not chock up to provoke

disaster is good. But there is one thing that they are missing which

is very important. Information/communication. That is the answer .This

values million times than blankets, foodstuffs, potable water etc.

that they give when this natural disaster occurs. Can’t they learn

from the past and other countries that save millions of lives and

property without incurring more state funds. Last year was a year that

I could not believed. In the northern part of our country floods swept

properties and some life’s were lost. Were n´t they ready¬¬ by then? I

mean we have an institution that has it branches all over the country

and that institution can not prevent but rather evaluat.NADMO knows

the most natural disaster in our country is flooding which has to do

with heavy rains and common knowledge will tell us that, prevention is

better than cure. All that NADMO need to do is to inform the areas

that will be affected to evacuate and explain to them why they need to

do so. They should move all things that they think are valuable to

them and if there are some who can not do so NADMO itself can move in

and provide the necessary logistics so that we do not wail or incurred

more state funds that could have been use for other areas to improve

our standard of living. Every year NGO´S and NADMO itself comes in to

help people or calm some to overcome memories. What NADMO need to do

is to collaborate with the metrological department so that in hands

they can save life’s and property. This department can tell them where

and when heavy rains will occure.I want to use an example here where I

am studying my degree course thus, Cuba. The only weapon Cuba uses

against natural disaster is information. And they do that in

collaboration with the metrological department. Here we have cyclones,

earthquakes, strong winds but I tell you and you can even crosscheck

life and properties are not lost as it happens in our country and

other parts of the world. All that they do is to inform areas that

will be affected to evacuate and if possible evacuate them and their

properties and by doing these nothing is lost.NADMO can do the same

job as been done here by the Cubans. We have more resources to prevent

than them and all that I am appealing is that, they should use this

simple tool than resorting to rethorics.A word to the wise is enough.

God bless our republic.

Thank you

Gumah Joseph Wuni

Universidad De Matanzas

Camilo Cienfuegos

Matanzas, Cuba