{"id":324874,"date":"2017-06-03T08:30:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T08:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=324874"},"modified":"2017-06-03T08:30:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-03T08:30:40","slug":"joyce-aryee-charges-ghanaians-to-learn-from-june-3-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/joyce-aryee-charges-ghanaians-to-learn-from-june-3-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Joyce Aryee charges Ghanaians to learn from June 3 disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ahead of the second anniversary of the June 3 fire and flood disaster today [Saturday], Reverend Joyce Aryee has bemoaned the failings of Ghanaian society that contributed to what has become known as one of the biggest disasters in the history of Ghana.<\/p>\n
In her address themed, “We are Responsible” at the launch of the OneGhana movement on Friday, she noted that the June 3 fire and flood disaster was indicative of the need for a paradigm shift among Ghanaians.<\/p>\n
The disaster saw the death of over 150 persons and left\u00a0many injured, after an explosion at a GOIL fuel station at the \u00a0Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile many would only want to focus on the disaster as the mere outcome of natural happenings, I will remind us all that the flooding did not just happen because it rained. It happened because the drains were choked with the citizen\u2019s garbage, blocked or never existed at all due to the fact that we have built in their paths.\u201d<\/p>\n