{"id":325988,"date":"2017-06-06T18:11:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T18:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=325988"},"modified":"2017-06-06T18:11:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T18:11:11","slug":"poor-safety-supervision-contributed-to-kintampo-falls-disaster-afeku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/poor-safety-supervision-contributed-to-kintampo-falls-disaster-afeku\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor safety, supervision contributed to Kintampo Falls disaster &#8211; Afeku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Safety Audit team assessing the Kintampo Waterfalls after <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/19\/16-feared-dead-others-missing-in-kintampo-waterfall-accident\/\">the accident<\/a><\/strong><\/span> that claimed 18 lives in March 2017, has concluded that poor supervision and the dereliction of public safety responsibilities, among others, contributed to the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the floor of Parliament, the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Catherine Afeku, noted that, the \u201creport concluded that although this was an act of God, a number of remote and immediate causes were identified as being instrumental to the accident, and the response following the disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These causes included &#8220;the lack of focus on public safety responsibilities, a lack of adequate training and supervision of personnel, poor environmental management factors and impact of encroachers, which has exposed the soil to major erosion and made trees weak and vulnerable,\u201d the Minister revealed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_291627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-291627\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-291627\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Tourism-Miniser-Vetting-3.jpg\" alt=\"Catherine Afeku\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-291627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catherine Afeku<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thus, the audit team recommended:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An immediate afforestation exercise to improve the diversity of the flora<\/li>\n<li>Activities to check erosion<\/li>\n<li>A review of the management structures<\/li>\n<li>Recruitment and training enhancements<\/li>\n<li>The introduction of clearly defined public safety management measures and emergency preparedness and coordination<\/li>\n<li>The removal of loose rocks and those in potentially precarious positions at various stages of the Falls<\/li>\n<li>The creation of Separate entries and exits to different stages, especially Stage Three of the Falls<\/li>\n<li>The re-engineering\u00a0of the staircase<\/li>\n<li>The re-engineering of the entrance from the main Techiman-Tamale Highway amongst others<\/li>\n<li>Suggestions to incorporate \u201cmuseum, rebuilding a replica of Kwame Nkrumah\u2019s lodge, the addition of a canopy walkway, campsite, hotels and cafeteria amongst others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NPP&#8217;s invisible forces not complicit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Afeku also\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/06\/invisible-forces-didnt-seize-kintampo-waterfalls-afeku\/\">exonerated<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>the \u00a0Pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) group, Invisible Forces, who are alleged to have evicted all tour guides after the party came into office before the accident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>But the Minister stated on the Floor of Parliament that the Municipal Assembly was firmly in control of the facility contrary <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/20\/npp-foot-soldiers-sacked-kintampo-waterfall-guides-chief\/\">to reports<\/a><\/strong><\/span> made by persons like the Chief of Kyeremankoma.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other tourist sites under scrutiny<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a safety audit is also ongoing at Fuller Falls near Kintampo, Kakum National Park in the Central Region, Wli Falls in the Volta Region, Nzulezu in the Western Region, Bunsu Aboretem in the Eastern Region and Boti Waterfalls in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs.\u00a0Afeku said the various audits\u00a0are being led by the CEO of the Ghana Tourism Authority, comprising military engineers from the 48 engineers regiment, the National Disaster Management Organisation, consultants, the Ghana Forestry Commission, a tourism NGO by name Tourism Safety Initiative, and other officials of state agencies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Safety Audit team assessing the Kintampo Waterfalls after the accident that claimed 18 lives in March 2017, has concluded that poor supervision and the dereliction of public safety responsibilities, among 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