September 27, 2008 pg 19
Story: Musah Yahaya Jafaru
THE government yesterday donated food and other items worth thousands of Ghana cedis to the victims of the recent tidal waves at Glefe in Accra, with a commitment to build a sea defence wall there.
The items included 100 bags of maize, 30 bags of rice, 100 pieces of plastic buckets and five bales of second-hand clothes.
The Minister of the Interior, Dr Kwame Addo-Kufuor, made the donation during an inspection tour of the area.
He was accompanied by officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO).
Dr Addo-Kufuor said the items were to help ease the food burden on and other domestic needs of the victims.
He said the government would make efforts to build a sea defence wall to save the people from the effects of tidal waves.
He gave the assurance that the government would continue to support the people.
He, therefore, asked them to collaborate with the government in efforts at safeguarding their lives.
In a related development, Dr Addo-Kufuor visited one of the victims of the tidal waves, Madam Adjoa Hemaa, 65, who has had her right leg amputated, at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
He donated GH¢200 towards her medical bills.
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