Akufo-Addo to commission 120 housing units at Appiatse.
President Nana Akufo-Addo will today, May 2, 2024, commission about 120 housing units for victims of the Appiatse disaster in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region.
The event two years after the tragic incident has been scheduled for 2: pm.
The newly built structures, ranging from one-bedroom to seven-bedroom units, come with enhanced facilities, including a market, six-unit classrooms and kindergarten blocks.
It also has inner roads, water and electricity, a drainage system and a water storage system.
The reconstruction of the Appiatse community follows the death of about 13 persons in an explosive-induced fire when a vehicle carrying mining explosives crashed at Appiatse on January 20, 2022.
The entire community was destroyed and became inhabitable.
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After the unfortunate incident, the government through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources set up a Relief Committee to mobilise funds re-build Appiatse.
