Parliament observes a minute of silence about the victims of an accident in Kintampo and Cape Coast

General News of Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2019-03-26

Barely 24 hours after being scrutinized by some MPs and the public, the Speaker of the House, Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye, has ordered that a minute of silence be observed for the deceased of some sixty-two (62) pbadengers who died a terrible accident on the road from Kintampo towards the North region.

The August House has been the subject of much criticism after duly paying tribute to the victims of disastrous incidents in two separate African countries.

The president, Reverend Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, however, expressed dissatisfaction after the announcement by the media of the legislative branch of government who snubbed the victims of the double accident to pay tribute to them Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi .

Parliament observed Monday a minute of silence for the victims of the tragic shooting in New Zealand and the people affected by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. incidents on 14 and 15 March respectively.

Ben Abdallah Banda, a member of the New Patriotic Party in the Offinso South constituency, read a statement in which he criticized the New Zealand government.

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

Addressing the House in his three-page statement, the northern Tongu MP described the situation in these countries as a blazing urgency.

Many MPs, including some members of Parliament, were however surprised to see that a similar disaster, peculiar to one of their own, had been neglected and ignored.
About 90 people lost their lives and several others were injured in two separate fatalities on Friday, January 22nd.

The carnage on the Kintampo-Techiman road in the Northeast region and the other on the Cape Coast road. It seems, however, that these incidents have been neglected by parliament, while similar incidents involving other countries have been recognized.

After the event, Kumbungu MP Ras Mubarak expressed his disappointment that Parliament did not seem worried about the more than 70 Ghanaians who had perished.

Mubarak, who explained that he and a number of his colleagues had sat on the Public Accounts Committee at the time, described the actions of his colleagues as disappointing.

"I found it rather strange that over 70 of our compatriots died in Friday's double accident and that the House of Parliaments, representing the people of Ghana, showed no support for the victims of the accident. It's very disappointing and if the public is angry, it's rightly so, "he said.