The sanitation condition at the Mamprobi Police Station is nothing good to write home about. Presently, the office where citizens lodge their complaints for peace, security and properties to be protected is in a very bad shape.
Last Wednesday’s rain really exposed the station’s vulnerability, as the entire area was flooded, resulting in some police personnel moving to seek residential refuge elsewhere.
A day after the heavy downpour, the Accra File discovered pools of water still covering the compound, making it impossible for the affected personnel to access their homes.
The situation, however, can be attributed to the low level of the area and poor drainage system. The gutters that would aid the free flow of water are virtually chocked, with some also destroyed.
Since the area had been engulf with stagnant water, the police station and its surroundings have become weedy, making comfortable homes for reptiles, a resident said. Complainants and others visiting the station often have to pay a heavy price by going through the sticky and slippery mud just to access the place.
Some personnel have managed to arrange cement blocks to make their way through the stagnate water to their residences easier. The situation, according to an officer (name withheld), is an aged-old disaster that the personnel and citizens endure, especially during the rainy season.
“It is often a headache for me to come to work on a rainy day. The compound even looks nastier after the rain had stop or subsided. You can just not to find a place to put your foot. Mosquitoes bite at nights is something I cannot end talking about,” the officer added.
The officer hinted that people always question them what they are doing to improve the current condition of the station, as a countless number of people have slipped and fallen in the compound.
“It shameful for a whole law and peace keeping institution like the Ghana Police Service to have one of its stations always submerged in flood every year,” the officer lamented.
He called on the government and benevolent institutions to assist the station improve upon its sanitation conditions, as well as the construction of storm drains.
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