Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has called for urgent parliamentary investigations into the deaths that occurred during the June floods disaster, the military helicopter crash and the Ghana Armed Forces recruitment exercise.
According to him, the three tragedies require accountability and must not be allowed to disappear from public attention without proper investigations.
“Silence is not an answer,” Mr Afenyo-Markin told Parliament, insisting that families who lost loved ones deserved clear answers about what happened.
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Speaking during his closing remarks in Parliament on Friday, July 31, 2026, the Minority leader called for members of the task force established ahead of the rainy season to be summoned before the appropriate parliamentary committee.
These officials, he said, must account for the actions they took, as well as what they failed to do, before and during the disaster.
“This is not a witch hunt but looking for answers,” he stressed, arguing that Ghanaians deserved to know whether more lives could have been saved.
According to him, the June floods were part of a broader pattern of national tragedies requiring greater accountability.
The June 29 floods and fire disaster claimed at least 34 lives, with six others reported missing, according to figures from the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO). 18 of the deaths were recorded in the Central Region, 12 in the Greater Accra Region and four in the Volta Region.
Mr. Afenyo-Markin also cited the state-owned helicopter crash that killed senior government officials and military personnel, as well as the deaths of at least six young women during the Ghana Armed Forces recruitment exercise.
He called for all three incidents to be subjected to comprehensive parliamentary investigations with the authority to summon witnesses, question officials and publish findings.
He rejected what he described as quiet internal investigations and press statements, insisting that Parliament must conduct transparent inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the tragedies.
“Ghanaians did not vote for slogans. They did not vote for crass incompetence. They voted for delivery,” he stated.
Mr Afenyo-Markin’s call for parliamentary investigations into the June floods, the helicopter crash and the recruitment deaths is expected to intensify calls for accountability and transparency from state institutions.