Benito Owusu-Bio
OVER FORTY (40) buildings owned by Future Global Resources (FGR) are being refurbished to resettle surviving victims of Apiate explosion by May 1, 2022. Funding has already been allocated for this work and it is proceeding earnestly.
Benito Owusu Bio, Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and Chairman of the Apiate Reconstruction Implementation Team, disclosed this.
According to him, his team is working with NADMO and ensuring immediate interventions like the replacement of destroyed tents and the provision of warmers.
“Members of the Reconstruction Implementation Team and the Municipal Coordinating Council are on hand to receive specific concerns and these will be addressed speedily as we have always done.
“The Apiate Reconstruction Implementation Team notes how heavy rainfall has brought additional difficulties to affected citizens sheltering in tents.
“On behalf of government and the ministry, I wish to register my deepest concerns about this situation,” he stated on a recent visit to Apiate.
“The people of Apiate have demonstrated admirable resilience so far as we work with them to rebuild their township. The impact of the downpour, however, is an additional challenge and we wish to encourage them to take heart.
“The Reconstruction Implementation Team anticipated that rainfall beginning in the March-April period will make remaining in tents untenable. That is why we have been working around the clock to provide temporary accommodation at Odumase since February,” the deputy minister added.