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The Minister of Tourism, Catherine Afeku, has said the Kintampo Waterfalls will be reopened to the public on September 1, 2017. According to Madam Afeku, officials of the Ghana Tourism Authority and over 40 engineers are busy renovating the facility.

The facility was closed down for months, after a disaster at the venue killed about 20 people and injured 20 others.

Responding to questions in Parliament, the Sector Minister, Catherine Afeku, said: “Mr. Speaker, it is anticipated that work will be finalized by reopening this great fall on the 1st of September 2017, all things being equal.”

Publish full details on Kintampo Waterfalls disaster

Meanwhile, the Bureau of Public Safety (BPS), wants the Tourism Ministry to publish the full details of its Safety Audit Report on the disaster.

Catherine Afeku revealed on the floor parliament on Tuesday that, the Safety Audit team assessing the incident listed poor supervision and the dereliction of public safety responsibilities, among others, as contributors to the tragedy.

Speaking to Citi News on the Safety Audit assessment, the Executive Director of the Public Safety, Davidson Akwada, said the report if made public will create the awareness on the need to enforce safety regulations at tourist sites.

“We are asking the Minister to shift the paradigm and make this report public so that we can all look at what happened on that day and understand what should be done and what should not be done.”