Heavy rainfall and the spillage of the Bagre Dam have led to the complete submersion of farmlands along the Kubore River in the Upper East Region.
This annual event, originating from Burkina Faso’s Bagre Dam, consistently devastates farms and properties in northern Ghana, with the Upper East and North East regions being particularly affected.
Akudoku Jeremiah, a local farmer from Kubore, shared with Citi News on Tuesday that the flooding has obliterated months of diligent work, leaving their agricultural efforts in ruins.
“This Bagre Dam water spillage has come and spoilt all our farms. They don’t inform us early and right now the crops too, it is time for us to harvest them and the water has come and destroyed them.”
“It brings a lot of problems to us especially the food that we have, something we can use to be feeding our family, the water has come and spoilt everything…So we are pleading with the government to come to our aid and help us. If not, we have nowhere to go,” he stated.