Peabo – Adomonline.com https://www.adomonline.com Your comprehensive news portal Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:40:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.adomonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-Adomonline140-32x32.png Peabo – Adomonline.com https://www.adomonline.com 32 32 Peabo explosion: I made enemies in my own party – Annor Dompreh https://www.adomonline.com/peabo-explosion-made-enemies-party-annor-dompreh/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:40:53 +0000 http://35.232.176.128/ghana-news/?p=568491 The Member of Parliament for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Frank Annor Dompreh has revealed the fight for compensation for the victims of the Peabo explosion has not been rosy.

According to him, he is facing prosecution even from his own party because he is fighting to ensure those involved don’t go scot-free.

“I have suffered within my own party because of this matter. There are people who think that I’m making the new government popular” he stated on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem Wednesday.

Almost two years after the incident, residents of Peabo most of whom were injured have not been compensated.

The blast from a quarry site belonging to A.K.Y Mining Services Limited along the Adeiso road occurred as a result of a naked fire getting into contact with ammonium dynamite.

The devastation caused many injuries while substantial properties were lost through the accident including a 38-year-old welder, Ibrahim Mohammed, who met his untimely death when he was caught in one of those explosions.

A Ministerial Committee set up to investigate the explosion recommended a ten-year ban on the operations of A.K.Y Mining Services Limited which is still operating and those indicted are still walking scot-free.

But the Nsawam Adoagyiri MP said he is not surprised about the delay in dealing with the culprits a year after the report.

He indicated that, it took divine intervention before he got a copy of the report completed under the erstwhile Mahama government.

Hon. Annor Dompreh also said people in the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) think he is being disruptive to the cause of President Nana Akufo-Addo.

“People think you are making the work of the president difficult because you are continuously raising this matter” he bemoaned.

This notwithstanding, Frank Annor Dompreh said he is been able to get the President to commit to assisting the victims of the disaster.

 

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Paebo explosion: Former MCE wants assembly members complicit jailed https://www.adomonline.com/paebo-explosion-former-mce-wants-assembly-members-complicit-jailed/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 08:58:58 +0000 http://35.232.176.128/ghana-news/?p=567911 Former Municipal Chief Executive of Nsawam Adoagyiri in the Eastern region is calling for the prosecution of assembly staff whose operations led to the explosion at Peabo which killed and injured many.

According to Mark Dompreh, the quarry site was being operated illegally by a business man who had no license when in fact the assembly had collected 44 thousand cedis from the company.

On the 24th of December, 2015, there were heavy explosions on the site which created fear and panic in the area.

The blast from a quarry site belonging to A.K.Y Mining Services Limited along the Adeiso road occurred as a result of a naked fire getting into contact with ammonium dynamite.

The devastation caused many injuries while substantial properties were lost through the accident.

A welder, Ibrahim Mohammed, 38, met his untimely death when he was caught in one of those explosions.

Ministerial Committee set up to investigate the explosion recommended a ten-year ban on the operations of A.K.Y Mining Services Limited which is still operating.

Reacting to the issue, Mark Dompreh who was the MCE at the time on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem Wednesday expressed shock at the incident.

He indicated that, the assembly had no record of revenue collection AKY Mining Services as stated in the report.

“I’m shock because I had no idea the quarry was operating because it is opposite my house” he bemoaned.

As a matter of urgency, Hon. Mark Dompreh called for the prosecution of all assembly staff whose negligence led to the explosion.

He bemoaned how technocrats in the various Municipal and District Assemblies hide things of such sensitive nature from the political heads.

“I never trusted my Coordinating Director, Sampson Kwateng operated very clandestinely” Mr. Dompreh added.

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