A farmer named Baba Takwara from Kpasenkpe working in Yama near Walewale, drowned in the White Volta River on Monday evening, August 25, 2025.
According to local Assembly Member Jacob Nluki, Takwara stayed behind to fetch water and food while his colleagues began harvesting across the river.
He never returned, and his body was later found. He has since been buried under Islamic rites.
Officials link the tragedy to rising river levels caused by the Bagre Dam spillage in Burkina Faso, which regularly floods northern Ghana during the rainy season.
Just days earlier, SONABEL and NADMO had warned farmers to move quickly to harvest crops before the controlled release worsened flooding.
Takwara’s death underscores how the dam’s annual spillage continues to endanger lives and livelihoods in vulnerable communities.
