The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Catherine Afeku has expressed condolences to bereaved families of the 18 persons who were killed at the Kintampo Waterfalls on Sunday.
Revellers, mostly students had gone to the Waterfalls to wind down their weekend but ended up being killed when heavy trees fell from the top of the waterfalls and landed on them, after a rainstorm.
Officials of the Ghana National Fire Service and the Police including other disaster management officials rushed to the disaster scene to rescue lives.
Below is the full statement from the Ministry;
“The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture , Hon. Catherine Abelema Afeku, wishes to express her sincere sympathies and condolences to the families of the victims caught up in the unfortunate rainstorm that hit the Kintampo waterfalls on Sunday 19th March 2017, killing and injuring many . The dead and injured, mostly students were part of different groups visiting the site .
” We extend our condolences to the families of the dead and pray for the injured who have been rushed to the Kintampo and Techiman General Hospitals”, she said.
The Ghana Tourism Authority will work closely with the Ghana Police and the Kintampo District Assembly to ensure the families receive needed support and information. The statement urges the media and the General Public to be circumspect in their reportage especially in the sharing of images of the dead and critically injured.
