Audio: Kintampo disaster: Gov’t donates GHC 5000 each to bereaved families

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Government has donated an amount of GHC 5000 to families of those who died at the Kintampo Waterfalls last Sunday.

Representing Government was the Minister for National Planning who also doubles as the Member of Parliament for Wenchi constituency, Prof Yaw Gyan Bafour who donated the money.

This is in addition to an earlier donation by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia to the survivors.

The Vice President-led delegation visited the Kintampo Hospital where Dr. Bawumia donated an undisclosed amount of money to the University of Energy and Natural Resources students on admission.

Prof Gyan Baffuor presenting the money to the families urged them to be strong and discard spiritual linkages to what happened.

He also visited injured victims at Wenchi Methodist Hospital.

Meanwhile, the Minority Caucus in parliament have also donated an amount of GHC 2000 to the Wenchi Methodist Senior High School.

The team led by Banda MP, Ahmed Ibrahim was to console the students and encourage them to stay strong despite the incident.

The deceased and injured persons were students of the Wenchi Senior High School, and the University of Energy and Natural Resources.

The accident occurred after a huge tree run off the top of the waterfall following strong winds, falling onto the scores of revellers swimming beneath the fall.

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source: Ghana/Adom News/Maame Esi Nyamekye Thompson