He said his predecessor collected money from the World Bank and failed to utilise it for the purpose of addressing the perennial weather force majeure.

The politically scathing remark was intended to hit the then ruling government following a destructive downpour just before the last elections.

The subject is now fully politicised and now a punching bag for politicians. Now that the man who claimed he would address floods in Accra by dismantling the Sanitation Ministry and returning it to the Local Government Ministry is in charge and the situation has rather worsened, we can only wonder what informs his politically reckless rhetoric which only exposes this flanks for invectives.

Interestingly, his appointees appear to be picking from his rulebook and using same for their political ends, sometimes woefully.

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo, is one such disciple of the President on flood matters.

Having suffered from her 'punishing transfer to the North' remark for public servants who issue bad building permits, she appears to have learnt nothing from reckless utterances.

She is reported to have claimed victory over the Accra floods.

Hear her: “I have tackled sanitation, flooding, chieftaincy disputes, street lighting and boundary issues within the Greater Accra Region.”

Of course she is lying, to put it bluntly. Flooding is such a serious issue in Accra, and so when a minister in charge of the region looks us in the face and lies, she has...

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