Citi FM on Friday presented the many relief items it received from its listeners to NADMO for onward transportation to Sierra Leone.

The NADMO Director General, Eric Nana Agyemang-Prempeh who received the items was so grateful to Citi FM for spearheading the benevolent initiative.

Having just returned from that country, the NADMO boss expressed optimism that the relief items donated were going to be of great help to the people since he has seen their anguish at first hand.

He was himself surprised with the volume of items Citi FM, a private entity, gathered from its listeners.

Mr. Agyemang-Prempeh further indicated that NADMO will personally write to the Sierra Leonean government informing them about the efforts of Citi FM and its numerous listeners.

“I have just come back from Sierra Leone and the situation there is not pleasant at all. The people of Sierra Leone are calling for more of such donations. I had a call from my deputy while there that this is what you are also doing. I never estimated it this way that we were going to receive many things like this. So you’ve done a very wonderful job.”

“On behalf of the platform that is working on this disaster and the Sierra Leonean government, we appreciate this very much. We are so grateful, I want to say a very big thank you for what you have done as well as the numerous listeners of Citi FM who donated these items,” he added.

The items are expected to be in Sierra Leone later on Friday or on Saturday morning.

About Supporting Sierra Leone initiative

Following the news of a mudslide tragedy which claimed hundreds of lives and destroyed millions of properties in Sierra Leone, Citi FM launched an initiative dubbed “Supporting Sierra Leone” aimed at gathering relief items for the survivors.

A delegation from Citi FM on Tuesday visited the Sierra Leonean High Commission in Accra to express the grief of the station over the tragedy.

The Chief Executive Officer of Citi FM, Samuel Atta-Mensah, signed the book of condolence at the High Commission and also informed the Commissioner about the relief items.

The items were transported from the premises of Citi FM to the Airport by McDan Shipping and Logistics Company.

The government of Ghana last week also donated relief items amounting to $1 million to Sierra Leone.

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The station received  clothing, blankets and mattresses among others after it appealed to Ghanaians to support the survivors of the mudslide in Sierra Leone as well as the thousands who are currently displaced in that country.

Over 400 people were confirmed dead after the August 14 disaster and about 3,000 more were displaced while over 600 more were said to be still missing.

Presenting the items, News Editor at Citi FM, Richard Mensah said “we are hoping that through this token at least some relief will be brought to our neighbours in Sierra Leone and we are also grateful to government that you’ve accepted to transport the items to our brothers and sisters in Sierra Leone.”

NADMO Director General, Eric Nana Agyemang-Prempeh who received the items commended Citi FM for the laudable initiative.

Having just returned from that country, the NADMO boss expressed optimism that the relief items were going to be of great help to the people since he has seen their anguish at first hand.

He was himself surprised with the volume of items Citi FM, a private entity, gathered from its listeners.

Mr. Agyemang-Prempeh further indicated that NADMO will personally write to the Sierra Leonean government informing them about the efforts of Citi FM and its numerous listeners.

“I have just come back from Sierra Leone and the situation there is not pleasant at all. The people of Sierra Leone are calling for more of such donations. I had a call from my deputy while there that this is what you are also doing. I never estimated it this way that we were going to receive many things like this. So you’ve done a very wonderful job. On behalf of the platform that is working on this disaster and the Sierra Leonean government, we appreciate this very much. We are so grateful, I want to say a very big thank you for what you have done as well as the numerous listeners of Citi FM who donated these items,” he added.

The items are expected to be in Sierra Leone later on Friday or on Saturday morning.

About Supporting Sierra Leone initiative

Following the news of a mudslide tragedy which claimed hundreds of lives and destroyed millions of properties in Sierra Leone, Citi FM launched an initiative dubbed “Supporting Sierra Leone” aimed at gathering relief items for the survivors.

A delegation from Citi FM on Tuesday visited the Sierra Leonean High Commission in Accra to express the grief of the station over the tragedy.

The Chief Executive Officer of Citi FM, Samuel Atta-Mensah, signed the book of condolence at the High Commission and also informed the Commissioner about the relief items.

The items were transported from the premises of Citi FM to the Airport by McDan Shipping and Logistics company.

The government of Ghana last week also donated relief items amounting to $1 million to Sierra Leone.

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By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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Monday’s natural disaster, which hit the community of Regent on the outskirts of Freetown left over 400 people dead and thousands displaced.

Ahead of his trip, the government will airlift relief items to Sierre Leone later today [Friday].

The relief items, comprising food, medicines, clothing, and logistics, are estimated to cost $1 million.

The government set up a relief centre at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to receive donations from the public.

The relief items will be timely as there is growing concern about the risk to public health from water-borne diseases such as cholera.

Serria Leone President, Ernest Koroma, when he visited the disaster stricken area, called on the international community to provide “urgent support”.

Sierra Leone’s presidential spokesperson, Abdulai Baraytay said the situation on the ground was critical when he spoke to Citi FM a day after the mass burials for the dead.

“We are dealing with a humanitarian situation. We have young people being displaced, people being orphaned, we have problems of medication and medical supplies. We needed sheltered and tents to help the people temporarily. Just this morning, the chief medical has also raised the huge concern of the potential of a cholera outbreak.”

“We continue to appeal to the international community and our friends in the sub region to come to our aid in this dire need… we need even social workers,” Mr. Baraytay said.

Citi FM is also collecting relief items to support victims of the disaster.

Citi FM has been accepting donations in the form of clothes, blankets, and student mattresses as part of the Supporting Sierra Leone initiative.

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Saddened by the development Akufo-Addo took to his Twitter handle to make the announcement and expressed his condolences.

“Government is in the process of sending relief items to Sierra Leone to aid in the recovery process,” he tweeted on Thursday.

I called President Ernest Bai Koroma on Tuesday to express my and the condolences of Ghanaians … (1/3)

— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) August 17, 2017

… on the tragic loss of lives and property following Monday’s mudslide in Sierra Leone. (2/3)

— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) August 17, 2017

I called President Ernest Bai Koroma on Tuesday to express my and the condolences of Ghanaians … (1/3)

— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) August 17, 2017

Health Officials in Sierra Leone say nearly half of the 400 people known to have died in a mudslide and flooding that occurred at the outskirt of the country’s capital Freetown have already been buried.

About 600 people are said to be still missing.

The Sierra Leonean government subsequently postponed the mass burial of the dead bodies to Thursday to allow relatives to identify their loved ones.

4,000 lives claimed in Ebola outbreak, 50,000 in civil war

This development comes on the back of the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus which claimed the lives of nearly 4,000 people in Sierra Leone in 2014.

Prior to that about 50,000 people also died during a decade long civil war in that country.

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