AMA, NADMO assist fire victims

Published in the Daily Graphic on 28/06/2010, pg 38

Story: Matilda Attram
THE Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), has presented assorted items to some victims of fire at Bubuashie in Accra.
The fire incident, which happened in October last year, ravaged a compound house and destroyed property running into thousands of Ghana cedis.
The items included 20 students’ mattresses, 50 rubber mats, three packets of roofing sheets and a bale of second-hand clothing.
The presentation was to support the victims who lost their belongings during the fire outbreak which was believed to have been caused by an electrical fault.
Presenting the items, the Accra Metro NADMO Co-ordinator, Mr Isaac Mensah, said his office received a report on the incident in October last year.
He said NADMO then consulted the AMA on the issue and promised to “support the victims to pull back their lives”.
Mr Mensah stated that the two organisations, when notified, supported victims of all kinds of disaster in the country but cautioned the general public to take effective precautions to avoid disasters that could result in the loss of lives.
The landlady of the affected house, Madam Comfort Naa Ayifo Quarshie, who received the items on behalf of the victims, expressed appreciation to the two bodies for their support, adding, “We thought you have forgotten about us but you have proved to us that we are of importance to you. God bless you.”
In a related development, the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has donated cleaning tools and materials worth GH¢3,000 to the AMA to improve on the sanitation situation in the metropolis.
The tools are 10 wheelbarrows, 10 shovels, 10 metal rakes, 12 pairs of Wellington boots and 10 boxes of hand wash.
The Public Affairs Manager of SSNIT, Mr Jonathan Cato, indicated that the support came as a result of a request by the AMA to organisations to help improve the sanitation situation in the city.
The Director for Budget and Rating of the AMA, Mrs Lydia Sackey, thanked SSNIT for its support and assured it of the purposeful use of the items.
She called on other organisations to assist the AMA to enhance good sanitation in the city.