The government is repairing 40 buildings owned by Future Global Resources Limited at Odumase, through the Apiate Reconstruction Implementation Team, to temporarily house victims of the Apiate explosion who were harmed by the recent downpour.
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) is also working hard to replace any tents that have been damaged by the rains and to provide warmers for those who have been affected.
Mr Benito Owusu-Bio, a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources and Chairman of the Apiate Reconstruction Implementation Team, voiced the government's greatest worries over the situation at Apiate in a statement released in Accra on Sunday.
"The Appropriate Reconstruction Implementation Team observes that severe rain has exacerbated the problems faced by impacted residents who are sheltering in tents.
"I wish to express my utmost worries about this issue on behalf of the government and the Ministry," he added.
"As we work with them to restore their township, the residents of Apiate have shown incredible resilience thus far," he continued.
He acknowledged that the impact of the recent rain was an extra issue, but reassured them that the Team was trying to find them temporary housing.
"The Reconstruction Implementation Team predicted that starting in March-April, rain would make staying in tents impossible.
"That is why, since February, we have been working around the clock to offer temporary housing in Odumase," Mr Owusu-Bio said.
He said more than 40 buildings owned by Future Global Resources Limited were being refurbished and roofed "so we can resettle the victims of the explosion by 1st May, 2022, and that funding has already been allocated and work is progressing earnestly," and that "funding has already been allocated and work is progressing earnestly."
Members of the Reconstruction Implementation Team and the Municipal Coordinating Council, he added, were on standby to receive particular complaints and respond as quickly as possible.