Yussif Seidu, who escaped unhurt during the explosion, according to the Public Relations Officer of the LPG Marketing Companies Association, Kwame Owiredu, died after becoming unconscious during a meeting with LPG truck drivers.

[contextly_sidebar id=”4U2Mz6ljKy6lEFiOlnkkAJVxehjyelDZ”]“I can confirm to you that Yussif Seidu, the driver who was in charge of the tanker that caught fire at Atomic Junction is no more with us. I can also say that he didn’t die as a result of any injury flowing from the accident that occurred, but he died a natural death.”

“He was with us yesterday [Thursday] at our yard. We actually were chatting with him; we had even gotten him a new tanker. So we were all happy that he’s gotten a new tanker. Whilst we were in a conversation with him, I think he went unconscious.”

Mr. Seidu said they quickly rushed him to the Tema General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Background 

On Saturday, October 7, a gas explosion occurred at Atomic junction which killed seven people and injured 132 others.

The area around the epicenter of the explosion is known to be a hotbed of activity with a commercial bus [trotro] station, taxi rank, other fuel stations and traders located in the immediate vicinity.

Police and fire service investigations are yet to be concluded to ascertain the actual cause of the explosion.

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The centre will promote and enhance sound public sector accountability institutions and mechanisms in Africa by providing practitioners with the opportunity for continual learning, development, research and knowledge sharing as well as consultancy support.

In his welcome address, Vice Chancellor of UPSA, Professor Joshua Alabi,  said apart from becoming the leading accounting institution in the country, authorities of the University are also working to make it nationally relevant and globally recognized.

He said the Centre would also help bridge the gap of public accountability and urged all stakeholders to embrace it in order to fulfill its objectives.

Director for  the Centre for Public Accountability, Albert Kan-Dapaah underscored the importance of the Centre, saying ”accountability was one of the weakest elements of governance structure in Ghana and the West African sub-region which accounted for high levels of corruption in the public sector.”

The former minister of state added that the Centre for Public Accountability sought to promote the concepts of Accountability in Public Sector Management.

He said the centre would also conduct cutting-edge research into the concept of public sector accountability and build the capacity of public sector practitioners and lawmakers through highly attractive training programmes.

“We want to build the capacity of public sector practitioners and lawmakers through highly interactive training programmes and we want to also offer consultancy support to key accountability institutions including supreme audit institutions and public accounts committee,” he said.

Dr Kan-Dapaah also added “we want to maintain the most accurate and reliable database on public transactions such as the public debt, petroleum revenues and expenditure and donor funds.

It is not our ambition to catch thieves, but we will be interested to find out how they managed to abuse the system and come out with policy recommendations to seal the loopholes,” he added.

In his remarks, Council Chairman of UPSA, Mr Justice Nii Aryeetey said the Centre, would position UPSA as a leading tertiary- based think-tank in the provision of quality and relevant training, support to promote public sector accountability in Africa.

Dr. Dapaah announced that the centre has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Hague University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands to jointly implement a project financed by the Netherlands government to develop and deliver practice-oriented training modules in Financial Management for Finance graduates and professionals in Ghana.

Mr Justice Nii Aryeetey, Council Chairman of UPSA, urged all stakeholders, particularly the media, to support the laudable initiative, as they are expected to actively play their watchdog role for public sector accountability.

By: Evans Effah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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