The Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government is officially commissioning and handing over the reconstructed Appiatse community to the victims of the Appiatse disaster, on Thursday, May 2, 2024.
On Thursday, January 20, 2022, Appiatse, a mining community in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipal Assembly in the Western Region, was destroyed when a truck carrying explosives to a mining site exploded in the community.
Appiatse was left in ruins, with almost every structure in the community destroyed. About 13 people are reported to have died from the incident, with several others sustaining varying degrees of injuries.
The Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government, through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, established the Appiatse Support Fund, chaired by Dr. Joyce Aryee, and the Appiatse Reconstruction Implementation Committee to raise the necessary funds and ensure the community’s redevelopment.
Two years later, the first phase of Appiatse’s redevelopment has been completed, and the mining community, which was in ruins, now resembles a modern community.
The government, in collaboration with its partners, will be handing over the new community, which has about 120 family-sized bungalows in a grid layout, to the victims of the explosion.
Watch a livestream of the event below:
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