Burial service for Apam drowning victims to be held today ghanavisions.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ghanavisions.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
– The debt stock stands at Ghs291.6billion as of the end of December 2020
– That notwithstanding, the caretaker Minister said the country is recovering pretty well from the pandemic
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, said Ghana’s total public debt increased from Ghs122billion to Ghs291.6billion as of the end of December 2020.
Mensa-Bonsu who is the country’s caretaker Finance Minister disclosed this on Friday, March 12, 2021, while presenting the Akufo-Addo administration’s 2021 budget statement to parliament.
2021 Budget: Ghana’s public debt stands at Ghs291.6b – Mensa-Bonsu. Photo credit: Parliament of Ghana
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He attributed the ballooning public debt stock to the current coronavirus pandemic, the banking sector cleanup exercise among others.
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A joint burial service for 11 children who drowned while swimming in the sea at Apam in the Central region has been held at Apam.
In all a total of 13 bodies have been retrieved as of now in the accident where about 20 children were said to involved.
Two teenagers survived the drowning disaster. 13 bodies have been retrieved as of now and one has already been buried.
The traditional council in the area on Monday, performed rites to pacify the sea gods following claims that the victim’s defied them.
One cow, three sheep, 12 fowls, 33 tubers of yam, and three cartons of gin [schnapps] were offered to the gods by a traditional priest on Monday, March 15, 2021.
Apam beach disaster: Burial service for drowned teens today modernghana.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from modernghana.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.