Former Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Tuesday, paid a working visit to the Adum Blue Light fire disaster scene in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, to sympathise with the affected traders.
Dr Bawumia, who was accompanied by some Members of Parliament, former government appointees and leading members of the NPP, donated GH¢200,000.00 and 1,000 bags of cement to support the recovery efforts of the traders.
The Former Vice President appealed to the traders to exercise restraint and wait for report on investigations into the fire outbreak to ascertain the actual cause of the disaster.
The fire, which occurred on Friday, March 21, ravaged the entire Blue Light market enclave in the Central Business District of Kumasi, destroying merchandise worth millions of Ghana cedis, and rendering hundreds of traders jobless and also plunging them into huge financial loses.
