Disasters in Ghana are acts of God!
Zadok K. Gyesi
Features
On March 19, 2017, 20 students died at the Kintampo Waterfalls in the Brong Ahafo Region while about 21 others sustained various degrees of injuries during an excursion at the waterfalls. Most of the students who lost their lives were from the Wenchi Methodist SHS and the University for Energy and Natural Resources in Sunyani. An investigation sanctioned into the incident, according to the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs Catherine Afeku, concluded that ‘the incident was an act of God!’
Media accounts on the accident indicate that it occurred at about 4.30 p.m. on the said date, when a huge tree ran off the top of the waterfall, descending on the dozens of revelers who were swimming beneath.
Disasters
On June 3, 2015, a fire explosion at the Goil fuel station opposite Vienna City at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra led to the death of about 200 people with more than 300 others sustaining various degrees of injuries.