Hon Bright Asamoah Brefo, the 2024 Parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Bibiani Anwhiaso Bekwai Constituency, together with some constituency executives, visited victims of a recent fire disaster at Bibiani College of Health Science at Anwhiaso.
This visitation took place on Wednesday, 7th June 2023, as a show of solidarity with the affected students. The visitation saw the attendance of the constituency chairman, Nana Yaw Barimah, and the constituency secretary, Joseph Ayambilla, as well as other party functionaries and sympathisers.
During the visit, Hon. Brefo interacted with the school’s leadership, students, lecturers, and other ancillary staff to commiserate with them on their losses. He urged them to remain calm as plans were underway to restore the school to its normal state. He further promised that all necessary needs of the students would be attended to swiftly by all stakeholders involved.
Hon. Brefo also spoke with the fire officers that were present and gathered information about the cause of the fire disaster. He promised to work with them in finding a lasting solution to prevent future occurrences of such disasters in institutions.
The school’s leadership, students, staff, and other people present expressed their gratitude to Hon. Brefo and his team for their concern and compassion. Hon. Brefo assured them of his continued support and promised to revisit them with a stronger team to seek the upliftment of the school to greater heights.
The fire disaster occurred on 6th June 2023, destroying many student belongings, but no casualties were recorded because the incident occurred while students were in their classrooms for lectures.
However, the school needs immediate attention to restore normalcy for academic and other activities to resume.