Fire at Ridge: "It's A National Disaster" - Ohene Ntow

The General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Ohene Ntow has described as a �national disaster�, the destruction of former President Jerry Rawlings� Ridge residence. The entire house was decimated to ruins early Sunday morning. Nana Ohene Ntow, through Citi expressed his party�s sympathies to the Rawlingses. He said the lack of protection for the former President�s Ridge residence against disasters of such nature exposes serious lapses in the country�s security system as far as protection for important personalities is concerned. Nana Ohene Ntow says his party is deeply shocked and saddened by the disaster. According to him a message of condolence has been forwarded to the former first family which will be followed by a delegation. ��I linked up with one of the officials in President Rawling�s house. I couldn�t speak to him personally but I�ve already sent a message of sympathy and condolence from the New Patriotic Party. We will subsequently be issuing an official statement to that effect. This is really bad news for this country and I really do pray that such an incident does not happen again that the state takes adequate measures to protect the lives of such important personalities as the former president.� He said.