ECOWAS gives $250,000 for victims of Accra's June floods
An independent relief agency, not the government, will choose who gets the money, the foreign minister says. The floods affected more than 38,000 people.
Accra — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has donated $250,000, about GH¢3 million, to help victims of the floods that hit Ghana's Greater Accra Region on 29 June, MyJoyOnline reports.
The floods affected more than 38,000 people, displaced more than 7,700 households and killed at least 15.
How the money will be handled
Foreign minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced the contribution on 16 October at the inauguration of Ghana's National Consultative Committee on Regional Integration, which oversees ECOWAS programmes in the country.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) will distribute the money as an independent partner, under an arrangement agreed by the foreign ministry and the National Disaster Management Organisation, so that the government is not involved in choosing who receives it. Ablakwa said the process would be transparent and accountable.
Source: MyJoyOnline, 17 October 2026.
