{"id":303226,"date":"2017-03-20T16:13:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T16:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=303226"},"modified":"2017-03-20T16:13:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T16:13:37","slug":"bawumia-visits-kintampo-falls-after-disaster-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/bawumia-visits-kintampo-falls-after-disaster-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia visits Kintampo falls after disaster [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"
Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, is in the Brong Ahafo Region at the Kintampo Waterfalls following the tragic accident on Sunday, which claimed 18 lives and left\u00a022 injured.<\/p>\n
Accompanying the Vice President were the Interior, National Security and Tourism Ministers, as well as the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister.<\/p>\n
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Addressing the press, Dr. Bawumia described the accident as a major loss not only for the Brong Ahafo Region but for all of Ghana.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis bereavement in which we have lost 18 young men and women in the prime of their lives\u2026 we have lost them under very tragic circumstances. We will have to continue to pray for their souls as we mourn for their families.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot understand. These things are very difficult to understand. So we will allow the necessary investigation to take place whilst we try to see what we can do for the families,\u201d the Vice President added.<\/p>\n
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The deceased and injured persons were students of the Wenchi Senior High School, and the\u00a0University of Energy and Natural Resources.<\/p>\n