The Bongo District Assembly in the Upper East Region has pledged to support relatives of deceased persons and survivors from the area who were involved in the Kintampo road crash.
Six indegenes of Bongo perished in last month’s accident which involved a VVIP bus travelling from Garu in the Upper East Region to Kumasi and a Grandbird bus from Accra to Bolgantaga also in the Upper East Region
[contextly_sidebar id=”8U4SuTtEZAFSStBRfo3R0Vjyvr5z72mz”]After a visit to commiserate with the bereaved families and the survivors, however, the Bongo District Chief Executive (DCE), Peter Ayinbisa said the assembly will commit resources to take care of the educational needs of the children of the deceased till they complete Senior High School.
“To the bereaved family, what the Assembly will do is to support them to do the funeral. These are people who have gone to look for resources to help the family. So I have told them that when they are going to perform the funeral they should let us know.”
“We are yet to ascertain how many children that have been left behind by the deceased – we can also support them in education from basic to the secondary level and then continue from there”, he added.
The accident occurred on the Techiman-Kintampo road with two buses colliding with one of them catching fire.
About 60 persons were confirmed dead with about 50 others also sustaining varying degrees of injuries.
Several of the passengers in the bus were also burnt beyond recognition.
Government to pay treatment cost of surviving victims
The Government has indicated its preparedness to bear the medical bills of victims of last Friday’s accident which occurred at Ampomakrom in the Kintampo South District of the Bono East Region.
Evans Opoku Bobbie the Acting Minister for Bono East Region, disclosed that government had already made some financial commitment towards the treatment of the surviving victims.
“Government is going to take care of the cost of treatment until they are discharged. We will take the cost of treatment of all those who are here and those who have been transferred to other hospitals. We have left some amount of money here in Jaman to take good care of those who are receiving treatment. We will visit those at the other others and do same.”
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By: Frederick Awuni & Nii Larte Lartey | citinewsroom.com | Ghana