The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) is going to be focusing on mass sensitization amid fears there may be a major earthquake in the Greater Accra Region.
After the tremor in some Accra suburbs that measured 3.9 on the Richter scale, NADMO’s Deputy National Coordinator NADMO, Abu Ramadan said: “we are going to move into full gear to start massive education.”
[contextly_sidebar id=”LZmqQBwTIvsPkkKCLdHrDhwlFhxU295I”]People living around Gbawe, Sowutuom, Old Kasoa Barrier, New Bortianor, Awoshie, Abelemkpe, Tabora, Achimota, Ablekuma, Kisseiman, Westland, Laterbiokorshie, Legon and McCarthy Hill experienced the tremor.
On the Citi Breakfast Show, Mr. Ramadan said “the education is already going on but it is not a larger scale so we need to take it a few notches higher…We need to expand the scope of education.”
“We are going to sit down with all the responsive agencies, draw up a proper education plan to make sure that when it takes off next week, it will be done and done properly.”
Aside from the sensitisation, Mr. Ramadan assured that response agencies like the Fire Service, among others, will be up to the task should there be an earthquake.
“We are ready to respond. The other agencies are also ready to respond and we know as to what exactly the protocols are should it happen.”
He added that NADMO had “enough relief items, for now, should there be a major disaster.”
The Ghana Geological Survey Authority has warned that earth tremors in the capital might worsen.
The Saturday tremor occurred barely a month after one was experienced in January 2019. There was also a tremor in December 2018.
A Senior Seismologist, Nicholas Opoku in a Citi News interview on the development said Saturday’s tremor was about 40 times more powerful than what was experienced last December and January.
He said the incident could be a warning for more tremors or an earthquake and there is the need for the city to be properly planned to avert any disaster should such an incident occur again.
“We should plan properly because we all do not know when a bigger one will occur. Normally, if you are getting these small ones, it should wake you up to plan. You need to plan the city properly so that if a bigger one comes, buildings will not collapse for people to die,” he warned.
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa | citinewsroom.com | Ghana
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