Source: tntnewspapergh.com

Victims of last Friday’s fire disaster that razed down hundreds of shops at the Kumasi Central Market “Bluelight”, have urgently made a passionate appeal to former Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to come to their rescue, as life is beginning to bite them.

Many traders, who had lost their livelihoods to the inferno, claim all hope is now lost in the current leadership of the region, especially with the poor handling, and seeming lackadaisical approach to the situation.

Wielding platcards and wearing red armbands, to register their frustrations, the victims maintain that Dr Bawumia now remains their only hope to salvage the situation.

Former Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party, on Tuesday, visited the ‘Bluelight’ fire disaster scene at the Central Market in Kumasi, to personally access the situation and to console victims of the disaster.

The Veep’s visit to the scene, is to offer him and his high-powered delegation, to personally access the situation and, ultimately, console the victims of last Friday’s unfortunate incident which swept away shops and properties running into millions of Ghana cedis.

The former vice president, in a shaky voice while speaking to the traders, described “black Friday’s” accident as ‘ disturbing” which needs urgent and tactical approach in dealing with it.

He indicated his resolve to support the victims in reclaiming their economic lives and ,charged them not to engage in acts thst will jeopardise efforts by authorities in finding lasting solutions to the situation.

He was accompanied by the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, former Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, Member of Parliament for Subin constituency and other High profiled personalities of the party.

A cash amount of GHC 200,000,00 and thousand bags of cement were donated to the leadership of the fire victims, to aid in the reconstruction of their shops.