President John Mahama has announced the creation of a dedicated fund to support the needs of the children of the eight deceased persons in the tragic helicopter crash on August 6.
The President declared on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at the funeral rites of the late Deputy National Security Coordinator, Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna.
In his address, he said the fund would be formally launched during the state funeral scheduled for Friday, August 15.
The decision follows the tragic incident, which resulted in the deaths of all individuals aboard the Ghana Air Force Z-9 helicopter.
“It's a difficult calamity. Because if you look at all those who died, they were at the prime of their lives and had so much responsibility, children still in school, and some even with infants as young as two months… These responsibilities are what we have to take up to make sure that the absence of the parents does not adversely affect the innocent children,” Mahama said.
"At the funeral, we will announce a programme for creating a fund that will assist with the education of their children," he said. "Persons who want to contribute to the future of the children they've left behind would have the opportunity to do so."
The helicopter crash on Wednesday, August 6, claimed the lives of Dr Edward Omane Boamah, a former Minister for Defence, and Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed,a former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation and a former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central.
Others confirmed dead were Alhaji Muniru Mohammed Limuna, a former Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator; Mr Samuel Aboagye, a former parliamentary candidate for the NDC; and Mr Samuel Sarpong, Vice Chairman of the NDC.
The crew members who perished were Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, Flying Officer Manin Twum-Ampadu, and Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah.