The government has been told to develop and enforce beach warning systems following the drowning of twenty people at the Apam Beach.
Twenty teenagers are reported to have gone to an area – where swimming is not permitted – along the shores of Apam on Sunday, March 6 to swim.
However, they were swept away by a heavy tidal wave while they were “enjoying themselves at the beach”.
Commenting on this development, a United States-based Ghanaian Professor, Kwaku Asare said in a Facebook post that “We mourn with Apam. Let’s develop and enforce Beach Warning Systems.”
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Fisherman of Apam in the Central Region Nana Kow Panyin has disclosed that ten out of the 12 bodies washed ashore, in last Sunday’s drowning, have been identified by their families.
Over Twenty unidentified children believed to be between the ages of 13 and 14 drowned on Sunday
The Deputy Chief Fisherman in Apam, Nana Ekow Panyin, has called on parents within the Central Region, whose wards are yet to return to the house after the holidays, to come and confirm whether or not the unidentified bodies are those of their wards.
Over Twenty unidentified children believed to be between the ages of 13 and 14 allegedly drowned after swimming in the sea at Apam, in the Central Region, on Sunday 7th March 2021.
Confirming the news to the media, the District Police Commander, DSP Moses Osakono, stated that six bodies had been retrieved from the sea as at yesterday Monday 8th March 2021.