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Friday, June 3, 2016 is exactly a year ago since tragedy struck the heart of the nation.

Over hundreds of people were lost in raging flames when the GOIL fuel station exploded on Wednesday, June 3 last year.

Families lost their relatives and loved ones while the nation mourned over the numbers that were engulfed by the disaster.

A year down memory lane, has the country learned any lessons? Have our leaders learnt their lessons?

To the Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akomea, "we haven't learned anything yet" because there are still poor drainage systems and bad practices by Ghanaians.

Speaking on Peace FM's Kokrokoo, he recounted that people still dump refuse in drainage systems while others have been building at low-lying areas.

Though the Odaw River has been dredged, Nana Akomea believes it's not the only solution to the flooding problems at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.

He called on Ghanaians to change their attitudes towards the nation.

Nana Akomea further advised the nation's leaders to seek expert advice and take cues from other countries regarding how to solve the "engineering" problems of the country.

"They must think. They have to seek an expert advice."

Also contributing his submissions on the programme, the Editor-in-Chief of the Insight newspaper Kwesi Pratt agreed with Nana Akomea that the country has not learned her lessons since the June 3 disaster.

He raised concerns about the inappropriate buildings along waterways, the dumping of refuse in trenches among other poor practices of some Ghanaians.

Mr. Pratt urged the citizenry as well as the country's leaders to take measures to address flooding problems in the country.

He noted that the cost of flooding results in the deformation and loss of life and property.

Presidential Staffer Kojo Adu Asare also advised Ghanaians to "learn to take responsibility of our nation."