The government has compensated over 500 individuals affected by property damage during a rock blasting exercise conducted in Buduburam by Nag Fairmount Construction Limited. The blasting, part of the Kasoa-Winneba road project, caused extensive destruction in October 2024.

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The incident resulted in widespread damage to properties, including shops along the Kasoa-Winneba Highway, with flying rock fragments destroying building roofs and causing significant losses. Tragically, three lives were lost, and several others sustained injuries.While compensation has been disbursed, some recipients have expressed dissatisfaction with the amounts provided.

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Solomon Darko Quarm, District Chief Executive (DCE) of Gomoa East, disclosed that the government also paid inconvenience allowances to ease the burden on those affected.“Today we are paying compensation for the blast that occurred at Buduburam. Over 500 people are being compensated today. Shops, damaged vehicles, and other residential property owners are being compensated.

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“There are rumours that ECOWAS is the one paying the compensation, but I want to state on authority that ECOWAS is not the one making the payment. This is a Government of Ghana project, not ECOWAS as is being purported. All this shared propaganda is just because of the elections."We finished our work as a committee, and the contractor called that we must come for the money and distribute it to the affected people.

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Those in the first group and the last have all been factored in the distribution,” Mr. Quarm stated.

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