Contractors scale-up work to ensure Appiatse victims relocate temporarily by May 1 – Benito Owusu Bio
The relocation of victims in the Appiatse accident into temporal structures remains unchanged as residents are said to be moved on May 1, 2022 date as scheduled.
This is according to the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu.
Mr Owusu Bio believes that the structures will be ready for use by the people on the stated date.
Speaking after a tour of the site, Mr Owusu-Bio who doubles as the Chairman of the Appiatse Reconstruction Team disclosed that all 32 temporal structures are ready for use.
He said the Ministry and the Committee will continue to accelerate work on the structures and other important logistics to help the affected persons to deal with the incident.
The Deputy Minister told the Journalists that the Committee has directed Contractors working on the structures to scale up the labour force to meet the May deadline.
“Almost 30 of the buildings have been roofed and we have two more to make it 32. The doors have been fixed and windows and other things are being worked on. We’ve asked the Contractors to improve their labour force so that we’ll be able to finish in May which is our target”, he said.
Mr Owusu-Bio who also interacted with residents reiterated the desire of the government to put in place the necessary measures to restore normalcy to the area.
He appealed to the Community to support persons working on the site and channel their grievances to the appropriate quarters.
Nana Atta Kojo Brembi II, The Divisional Chief of Beppoh Community Nana Atta Kojo Brembi was full of praise for the Deputy Minister and government for their dedicated service to the Community since the unfortunate incident occurred.
He noted that work done by the Reconstruction Committee has been impressive, so far and urged them to do more to improve the Livelihoods of residents.
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