President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo returned to the country on October 15 after a four-day official visit to the United States.
The president was in the US on the invitation of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) to deliver a lecture on global security and leadership within the context of West Africa’s growing insecurity.
Presidential spokesman announced that the president’s immediate engagement upon his return will be visiting flooded areas in the Volta Region as a result of spillage of the Akosombo Dam.
“The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will on Monday, 16th October 2023, visit the districts severely hit by the floods occasioned by the spillage of the Akosombo Dam.
“The President will be joined on this tour by members of the Inter-Ministerial Committee, which has been set up to coordinate Government’s response to the flooding and to help bring relief to those affected.
“The President arrives from his 4-day official visit to the United States this evening,” his statement of October 15 posted on Facebook concluded.