“With our hands on our hearts, we send our deepest condolences to the families whose relatives perished in the Ghana Oil (GIOL) station fire outbreak and floods in certain parts Accra on June 3, 2015. We extend our hearts and hands of solidarity to the survivors of the twin disasters”
A news release issued by the Ghanaian Canadian Association of British Columbia (GCABC) and signed by its president, Dr. Charles Quist-Adade said. The release added that the Ghanaian community in British Columbia was grief-stricken by the unspeakable pain and suffering the survivors and relatives of those who died as result of the disasters have suffered and are going through.
The release further stated that the GCABC has launched an appeal for donations towards the relief efforts for the victims and relatives of the deceased and called on Ghanaians and friends of Ghana in other provinces in Canada, “and indeed in Ghanaian Diaspora everywhere to do the same to demonstrate our solidarity in concrete terms in these trying and hard times in our Motherland.”
