The Convenor of the One Ghana Movement, Senyo Hosi, has called on the state to deliver justice and compensation to victims of the June 3 disaster, arguing that survivors and affected families have endured more than a decade without adequate accountability or redress.
Speaking at a memorial and commemoration event marking the eleventh anniversary of the June 3 flood and fire disaster in Accra, he stressed that the tragedy, which claimed over one hundred and fifty lives and left more than two hundred people injured, continues to have lasting social and economic consequences on affected individuals and communities.
He noted that many survivors are still living with severe long term effects of the disaster, including permanent physical injuries, psychological trauma, hearing impairment, and the loss of livelihoods that have not been restored since the incident occurred.
According to him, entire families were destroyed in the aftermath of the catastrophe, while others were left without stable sources of income, a situation he said has deepened hardship and prolonged suffering for those directly affected.
Mr Hosi lamented that despite the scale of devastation, justice has remained elusive for eleven years, insisting that the absence of meaningful compensation and accountability has compounded the pain of survivors and weakened public confidence in institutional response mechanisms.
He urged the Government and relevant state institutions to take urgent steps to address the grievances of victims, including providing appropriate compensation and ensuring that lessons from the disaster are translated into stronger safety and emergency response systems.
He further appealed for what he described as a national reset in the delivery of justice, arguing that state responsibility toward ordinary citizens must go beyond expressions of sympathy to concrete action and restitution.
The commemoration comes amid renewed calls for improved disaster preparedness and urban safety management in Ghana, particularly in relation to flood control, emergency response coordination, and infrastructure resilience in densely populated areas.
