The government has compensated over 500 individuals whose properties were damaged during a rock blasting exercise at Buduburam, conducted by Nag Fairmount Construction Limited for the Kasoa-Winneba road project.
The blast, which took place in October 2024, caused significant damage to several properties, including shops along the Kasoa-Winneba Highway.
Rock fragments from the blast destroyed roofs of buildings, leading to substantial property loss.
Tragically, three lives were lost, and several others sustained injuries. In response, the government has provided compensation to those affected, addressing both the material damage and the human cost of the incident.
While some recipients expressed dissatisfaction with the compensation amount, Solomon Darko Quarm, the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Gomoa East, confirmed that the government also provided inconvenience allowances to the affected individuals.
After a lengthy wait, the government has honoured its promise to compensate those impacted by the incident, offering financial support to over 500 people who suffered losses due to the blast.
The Gomoa East DCE noted, “Today we are paying compensation for the blast that occurred at Buduburam.
Over 500 people are being compensated today. Shops, damaged vehicles, and other residential property owners are being compensated.
There are rumours that ECOWAS is the one paying the compensation, but I want to state on authority that ECOWAS is not the one making the payment.
“This is a government of Ghana project, not ECOWAS as is being purported.
All this shared propaganda is just because of the elections.
We finished our work as a committee, and the contractor called that we must come for the money and distribute it to the affected people.
Those in the first group and the last have all been factored in the distribution.”Tourism packages
Quarm also indicated that victims who lost their properties earlier in the year after a diversion and flooding of the Gomoa Okyereko stretch have been compensated in the form of building materials.
