“We Paved Paradise and Made a Flood”-(By Eddie Yawson)

You see, we all to blame. When you concrete every space on your plot, you do not allow the rains to percolate into the soil. All the rain goes out into the street or drains not designed for it. And it overwhelms the drains. But the drains were never the real problem. We are. We have declared war on soil. Look at any new house in Accra, Kumasi, or Takoradi. The compound is tiled edge to edge. The frontage is paved for cars. The backyard is concreted so “it won’t…