Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that the government has initiated a process to build accommodations for persons who have been displaced by Thursday’s explosion at Apiate in the Western Region.
A total of 179 persons have so far been affected by the explosion out of which 18 have been confirmed dead and 42 out of the 59 injured are in critical condition.
Speaking after touring the community with a high-powered government delegation, the Vice-President described the incident as unfortunate.
He said the government is working tirelessly to ensure the victims receive the best medical care.
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He expressed gratitude to all the agencies who are helping with the rescue effort.
“I want to assure Nananom that His Excellency the President has given us directives, and I have already spoken to the state housing company and in consultation with the mining companies around here, we will quickly try to put in facilities that will help those who have been displaced.
“So that is going to be one of the priorities for all of us, so just to assure you that government is fully engaged in all of these processes and we are going to see to it that the people here are taken care of, we will learn lessons and those are going to be much later on,” Dr Bawumia said.
“But for now, we are very much concerned about how to complete this rescue effort, how to take care of the injured, families and people who have survived. So we are going to work collaboratively to ensure all of these happen,” he said.
He also announced that government will foot the medical bills of all the persons receiving medical attention from the blast.