Twenty-four institutions on Tuesday donated a total of 240.6 million cedis, 5,000 pounds and a computer to the Accra Sports Stadium Disaster Fund.
With the exception of Guinness Ghana Limited which donated 5,000 pounds, Sambus Company Limited donated a computer and accessories worth 13 million cedis to assist managers of the fund keep track of all donations. It will help maintain records of all beneficiaries and also prepare a consolidated account of the fund.
Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, Chief of Staff and Minister of Presidential Affairs, who commended the organisations and institutions for their public spiritedness, received all the donations.
The Ghana International Bank (GIB), formerly London Branch of the Ghana Commercial Bank, donated 20 million cedis, Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 12.6 million cedis, Letap Pharmaceuticals, 10 million cedis and Knights of Saint John's International and Ladies Auxiliary, three million cedis.
WESTEL Telecommunications Company gave five million cedis, the Ghana National Association of Teachers, five million cedis, Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, 20 million cedis, Indian Women's Association of Ghana, 20 million cedis and the Nigerian Community in Ghana, 50 million cedis.
The Electricity Company of Ghana donated 10 million cedis, PANEL Kerr Foster, three million cedis and the Honorary Consular Corps, 10 million cedis.
The rest were the National Theatre, 2.5 million cedis, Ghana Institution of Surveyors, three million cedis, Lotto Gold, two million cedis, Ghana Supply Company, five million cedis, Living Word Assemblies International, one million cedis and the Islamic Council for Development and Humanitarian Services, five million cedis.
Mr Emmanuel Asiedu Mante, a director of GIB, said the bank was prepared to open an account in London into which Ghanaians in the Diaspora would make their donations.
