Accidents Kintampo and Cape Coast: the media made a bad statement, we did not "snubbed" the victims – Vice President

General News of Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2019-03-26

Parliament's first vice-president, Joseph Osei Owusu, reported on Monday that the legislature would have "snubbed" the victims of the nasty double accident in Kintampo and Cape Coast on Friday, leaving dozens dead and several other victims. injured.

Parliament suffers a real "denigration" after apparently paying tribute to other countries affected by disasters; Mbad shooting and cyclone, but hardly did the same for the more than 70 people who lost their lives in both accidents in Ghana.

A minute of silence was observed for the victims of the tragic shootings in New Zealand and the victims of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi; incidents on 14 and 15 March respectively.

Ben Abdallah Banda, MP for the new Patriotic Party in the Offinso South constituency, then read a statement in which he grew weary with the New Zealand government.

NDC North Tongu MP Okudzeto Ablakwa also read a statement on the tragedy in southern Africa killing at least 259 people in Zimbabwe, 56 in Malawi and at least 417 in Mozambique.

However, on Wednesday, March 26, Mr. Osei Owusu commented on the problem by pointing out that the victims of the double accident were duly recognized and that the condolences addressed to the families concerned were concerned, deploring the fact that the media misinterpreted the facts.

His disappointment was more about the fact that the media representatives present at the meeting and witnesses to the order of events were half-truths, thus tarnishing the image and the reputation of the house.

"Mr. Speaker, I remember yesterday when I made the final contribution to the debate on the statement of the honorable Member of Offinso South, I have mentioned this accident and presented my condolences, but when our own media organs decided to report and to open the doors to the public to be insulted, they never talked about it ", has it -he declares.

"They said we did not say anything about it. They are our partners, they are supposed to be here with us, but they chose to open us up to the public, which probably made them feel better, "he added.

"For the record, I want to reiterate that this house offers our condolences to the bereaved families and victims of these accidents," he said.