H.E. President Nana Akuffo Addo on Relief Items for Sierra Leone

Ghana President, Nana Akufo-Addo has said his government is in the process of sending relief items to Sierra Leone following a tragic mudslide and flooding disaster that has claimed many lives in the West African country.
Saddened by the development Akufo-Addo took to his Twitter handle to make the announcement and expressed his condolences.

“Government is in the process of sending relief items to Sierra Leone to aid in the recovery process,” he tweeted on Thursday.

"We are also trying in our own small way to put together a package", Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Charles Owiredu said after contacting NADMO officials and the Finance Ministry.
The Deputy Minister said Ghana is responding to a call for help made by President Ernest Bai Koroma, the Sierra Leonean President.
Addressing the media following the Monday's disaster, President Ernest Bai Koroma said the devastation “was overwhelming us”. “Entire communities have been wiped out,” Koroma said. “We need urgent support now.”



Health Officials in Sierra Leone say nearly half of the 400 people known to have died in a mudslide and flooding that occurred at the outskirt of the country’s capital Freetown have already been buried.
About 600 people are said to be still missing.
The Sierra Leone  government subsequently postponed the mass burial of the dead bodies to Thursday to allow relatives to identify their loved ones.
Ghana's Deputy Foreign Minister said clothes, mosquito nets and blankets are some of the items that would be heading to Sierra Leone, 738 miles away by air travel.