The OneGhana Movement has renewed its call for justice for victims of the June 3 fire and flood disaster, as the nation marks ten years since the tragedy that claimed over 150 lives and injured more than 100 others.
For the past decade, the group has consistently pushed for compensation for affected persons and pursued legal action against GOIL, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), holding them accountable for their alleged roles in the incident.
Speaking to Citi News during the 10th-anniversary commemoration at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange GOIL fuel station on Tuesday, June 3, where the disaster occurred, Leader of the Movement, Senyo Hosi, expressed disappointment over the lack of accountability and urged the state to deliver justice.
On the legal front, counsel for the victims, Sampson Lardi, who filed a class-action suit in 2018, remains optimistic about a favourable court ruling.
“They are in court, 69 of them seeking help for themselves and over 100 others. They are seeking about GH¢42 million. With inflation, the value isn’t the same today. Even if they are granted the amount, the government can still intervene meaningfully to provide solace,” he stated.
Meanwhile, some victims, while recounting the tragic events, appealed for the government’s support beyond the court process.
“It was a sad day for me. I lost my wife and child. It’s only by God’s grace that I’m still alive. The government should take care of the injured and the victims,” one survivor shared.
Another survivor stated, “I was coming to buy fuel and met with this unfortunate incident. My whole body got burned. The government paid our hospital bills, but since then, there’s been no support. We plead with the government to come to our aid.”
The call for justice and compensation remains unresolved a decade after Ghana’s worst disaster that hit the capital, Accra.
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