Process to pay Stadium Disaster victims begins

Relatives of the victims of the May 9 Accra Sports Stadium Disaster are requested to provide the necessary data to facilitate the disbursement of the Stadium Disaster Fund.

The Stadium Disaster Relief Fund Management Committee, under the chairmanship of Mr J. S. Addo on Tuesday requested all those, who collected the 2.5 million cedis funeral donations on behalf of the respective families of the victims to call at the offices of the Greater Accra Regional Co-ordinating Council by October 5 with the data.

A statement signed on behalf of Mr Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, Minister for Presidential Affairs and Chief of Staff, said the representatives should report to Mr Fat Nartey on the second floor of the Regional Co-ordinating Council Office, near the Teachers' Hall, Accra.

The data should include the names of the deceased, injured or those permanently incapacitated.

They should indicate their age, sex, address with house numbers, hospitals attended, number of children, name(s) of child/children, ages of children, the school they are attending and their classes or stages.

Birth certificates, weighing cards, baptismal certificates or passports should also be brought along.