The Banda District Security Council in the Bono Region will today, May 29, 2023 meet the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) following a recent boat disaster on the Black Volta resulting in the death of one person.
The incident which happened on Saturday May 27, 2023 involved seven persons.
In an interview, the Banda NADMO Director, Basharu Adams Alhassan said the meeting is aimed at discussing how life jackets can be procured for persons living in island communities.
“We will be having a meeting with the District Security Council so that we will know how to monitor these people because some of them are there without life jackets.
We have written letters to Bui Authoirty and the NADMO headquarters, so we are having an emergency meeting to have a common decision toward getting support to get some life jackets to distribute to them because since they are there, you can’t stop them from being there, we have to monitor them.”
The disaster happened when the boat transporting the passengers from Dorkorchina to Kpandai capsized as a result of alleged overloading.
According to NADMO the boat was loaded with the victims and goods at the time the accident happened.
The incident is just one of many boat accidents since the beginning of the year.
The most recent incident occurred on May, 10 at Faana in the Ga South Municipality resulting in the death of nine school children.
