Mahama establishes GH¢1m trust funds for children of helicopter crash victim

President John Dramani Mahama announced the full implementation of a comprehensive support package for the families of the eight officials who lost their lives in the military helicopter crash last year, including the establishment of GH¢1 million trust funds for each minor child left behind. He made this announcement at a ceremony in Accra on Thursday, July 30.

The interventions follow the fatal Ghana Armed Forces helicopter crash in August 2025, which claimed the lives of eight senior government and military officials, including Defence Minister Dr Edward Omane Boamah, Environment Minister Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator Mohammed-Muniru Limuna, former Ashanti Regional Minister Samuel Sarpong, Deputy Director-General of NADMO Samuel Aboagye, and three military officers. The President stated, "I'm pleased to announce today that these interventions have now been fully implemented for the families of our fallen civilian officials." On July 3, the Accra Circuit Court, acting under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1963 (Act 174), awarded a total compensation package of GH¢13,872,962.40 to the dependants of the four civilian officials who died. Compensation packages for the families of the fallen military personnel have also been processed in accordance with the Armed Forces Regulations, 1992 (L.I. 1546).