BOST donates relief items to flood victims
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has donated relief items to be distributed to people who were displaced following the spillage of the Akosombo and Kpong dams in September this year.
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The items, worth GH¢100,000, included 170 bags of 25kg rice, 70 boxes of cooking oil containing 12 bottles apiece, and 2,000 bags of sachet water.
The items were carefully selected to address the immediate needs of the victims and demonstrate the organisation’s commitment to its corporate social responsibility and dedication to helping people in need during challenging times.
Commitment
The Head of Corporate Communications and External Relations of BOST, Marlick Adjei, who made the presentation on behalf of the company at the North Tongu District office last Friday, said his outfit was forever committed to ensuring people in the country were able to reach their potential.
That, he said, was because as a corporate entity operating within the country, it would not only survive but thrive only if the people the entity existed to serve were doing well and thriving as well.
“What is happening is not normal.
Our brothers and sisters who are in this trouble require the attention and support of everyone, not only economically.
Coming in itself has its psychological impact; let Ghana know that we are with the people of these impacted communities,” he said.
Mr Adjei also called on the relevant authorities to take the spatial planning of the country seriously because in as much as some cases were genuine disasters, others were a result of the neglect of regulations.
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“They need to be resettled.
There is no better motivation for a displaced person than this is a place for you to stay.
This is not that time for Bible quotations, it is time for hand-in-pocket donations,” he said, pledging BOST’s continuous support for the victims.
Resettlement
The District Chief Executive (DCE) of North Tongu, Divine Osborn Fenu, expressed his gratitude to the company and called for the resettlement of the victims since most of the schools being used as safe havens had resumed.
He disclosed that about 12,600 people had been displaced and as such the district would need more makeshift structures to accommodate them since moving people without an alternative shelter would be a disaster on its own.
“Government will have to look out for those who have completely lost their farms and don’t have their normal lives back; but currently, we are doing our best to manage the situation and serve them with the items we receive,” Mr Fenu said.
He appealed to the government, state agencies, corporate Ghana and individuals to continue helping the victims with various relief items until they were permanently relocated.