Agyamasu: School Blocks, Homes and Churches destroyed by rainstorm(PHOTOS)
A heavy rainstorm has hit Agyamasu in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region causing havoc and rendering some residents and students homeless as houses, churches and schools were destroyed.
The schools affected include: Zion primary A school, Zion M/A JHS and others.
The rainstorm which lasted about two hours was accompanied by fierce winds, which ripped up the roofing of the homes, churches, and the school building thereby exposing; property, textbooks, exercise books, musical instruments, electricity installations and accessories and other vital documents to the rain.
In an interview with Silverfm’s Akwadaa Nyame, Hon.James Amankwa, the assembly member of the Area said, both Zion M/A Zion JHS and primary B school roofing was ripped-up and destroyed.
He added that two church buildings were also affected with the Zion Presbyterian Church at Agyemasu having its roofing taken off by the storm and over 15 residential buildings also affected.
“We thank God no one was injured because the students were not in school during the rain while church was not ongoing,” he noted.
Hon Amankwa said electricity poles and billboards were also destroyed, leaving cables exposed and led to a temporal power cut-off.
But some parts of the area was however restored after the Electricity Company of Ghana visited the affected communities.
He explained that about 200 students were currently studying under trees as NADMO and municipal education directorate assessed the extent of damage adding that, “it is a very serious incident because we have tall trees falling and all that”.
Mr. Patrick Peezy, the headmaster of the Zion primary B told Akwadaa Nyame that, the incident was unfortunate and disastrous.
He said authorities would assess the cause of damage to the various schools and present its report to the Assembly for further action.
Opanin Owusu Abu, head of Aduana clan in the Agyamasu described the situation as a catastrophe.
Opanin Owusu said, “I was in my house but due to the storm, I came out but only to find the roof of the schools ripped-up by the storm. I had no choice but wait for the rain calm down.”
They have then called for support from the government, NGOs, philanthropists, and all individuals capable of helping to relieve them from the impact of the disaster.
Below are some pictures from the community.
By Akwadaa Nyame@Silverfm
