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President John Mahama on Sunday promised to give GHC 100, 000 to the survivors of last Wednesdays ghastly accident which occurred at Kintampo on the Tamale-Kumasi highway.
The President made the pledge when he visited the survivors at the hospital on Sunday and presented assorted items to aid their recovery.
President Mahama was accompanied by the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Victor Bampoe and other government officails.
About 70 people perished in an accident involving a Metro Mass bus and a cargo truck on Wednesday.
The accident occurred when the Tamale-bound Metro Mass bus and Accra-bound truck loaded with tomatoes from Burkina Faso collided head-on the Kintampo-Tamale highway.
At least 23 passengers survived the accident and are receiving treatment at the Techiman Government Hospital, the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Sunyani Government Hospital and the Holy Family Hospital in Sunyani.
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