By: Isaac Amoah (email: isaacamoah73@yahoo.com)

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs), led by Mr. Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has donated GH¢200,000 to the victims of the Adum fire disaster.

Making the donation to the leadership of the affected traders on Monday, 14th April 2025, the caucus pledged that the donation was just the beginning of their support for them in their current condition.

Some scenes from the ceremony

Besides, they promised to highlight their condition in Parliament for discussion when the House resumes sitting.

The Minority leader also made a passionate appeal to the government to urgently come to the aide of the victims from the contingency funds, as it has been done to other victims previously in the other part of the country.

Mr. Alexander Afenyo-Markin speaking at the ceremony

The Minority leader acknowledged the donation by the Ashanti NPP MPs, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Mr. Kennedy Agyapong, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh aka Napo, Mr. Patrick Boamah, Dr. Osei Yaw Adutwum, the leadership of the NPP, among other NPP members.

The donation made on Monday was received by the leadership of the United Traders of Adum Blue Light.

The Minority Caucus expressed their deepest sympathies to the affected traders, advising them to unite and push for the needed support.

“We have heard and seen the devastated fire outbreak; we decided to come to sympathise with you, even though a number of our colleagues have already been here,” he indicated.

Mr. Afenyo-Markin said, “What we’re telling you is that this just the beginning of our support for you. We, therefore, wish to use this opportunity to appeal to the government to come to the support of the Adum fire victims from the contingency funds as they did to others. I take this opportunity to appeal to the government to go into the contingency funds and immediately come to the support of the victims. When Parliament resumes sitting, we’ll put our issues before the House for discussion.”

The leadership of the victims expressed their profound appreciation to the Minority Caucus.

They used the opportunity to renew their appeal to government to allow them to reconstruct their shops.

On his part, Lawyer Kofi Obiri Yeboah, the MP for the Subin Constituency, under whose area the fire disaster occured, commended his colleagues for their timely support.

He renewed his position that all efforts would be made to ensure that the affected traders are allowed to reconstruct their shops to avoid delays.