President John Dramani Mahama has announced the establishment of a fund to support the education of the children of the eight persons who perished in a helicopter crash on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.Speaking at the third day funeral rite of one of the victims, Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna, the Deputy National Security Coordinator, in Accra yesterday, President Mahama said the State owes it as a duty to cater for the dependants of the deceased.President John Mahama addressing the gatheringBeing on a national assignment before their untimely death, President Mahama said the dependants of the victims, including a two-month old baby of the pilot, Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, must not be left to their fate as a result of the absence of their breadwinners."If you look at all those who died, they were at the prime of their lives and had so much responsibility.
Children still in school, and some with an infant as young as two months.
These responsibilities are what we have to take up (as a State) to make sure that the absence of their parents does not adversely affect the innocent children," the President said.The establishment of the fund and its management, President Mahama said, would be launched at the state funeral of the victims scheduled for Friday here in Accra.Consoling the families of the victims, President Mahama said they died in service of the country and the best way to keep their memories would be to work towards the cause they were fighting."It is God who gives and it is God who takes.
What we have to do now is to work even harder in their memories because all of them were key champions of the reset agenda we are pursuing as a government.
