All the Ghanaian students who live in the areas where the earthquake occurred in Turkey are all accounted for, Ghana’s Ambassador to Turkey, Francisca Ashietey-Odunton, has said.
“They are sleeping in open tents, that is what they have been advised to do,” she told Alfred Ocansey on the Ghana Tonight show on TV3 Wednesday, February 8
She added, “they will be evacuated from the disaster area to Ankara and Istanbul.”
.”Thankfully, the Ghanaian community, a number of them have agreed to host them in the meantime. All 18 students have been accounted for, and they are okay,” she stressed.
Regarding Christian Atsu’s status, Madam Ashietey-Oduntun said The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Turkey announced that Atsu was found alive and sent to a medical facility for medical attention.
She however said the challenge is that she does don’t know which particular facility the Ghanaian footballer has been admitted to for medical attention.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Turkey told me that Atsu has been found, rescued and has been sent to a medical facility for medical attention and that they will update me
“they are working fervently to find which medical facilities they have been sent to
“The challenge is finding out which facility Astsu has been sent to. I am still waiting for the Ministry to tell me,” she told Alfred Ocansey on the Ghana Tonight show on TVE
“They keep assuring me that he was found alive, he was taken to a medical facility for attention. As when I get any update I will let you know,” she added.
Turkey’s disaster management agency said the country’s death toll passed 12,000 early Thursday.
The Turkish news agency Andalou reported that 12,391 people were killed and 62,914 others were injured
Source: 3news.com|Ghana