Victims of the Appiatse explosion in the Western Region near Bogoso have lamented over inadequate tents to provide some privacy for couples to engage in their private marital activities at the camps provided by the authorities.
The explosion which was the first of its kind in such a manner left 14 people confirmed dead and several others injured in the process.
On Thursday, January 20, 2022, the residents of Apiatse became homeless, when a truck carrying explosives from Maxam Ghana Limited, exploded at the center of the community.
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One Florence Fosuah, a 40-year-old trader and a mother of four reportedly complained of not having sex since her arrival at the Camp.
“Sex is part of marriage so we cannot deny our partners and they cannot deny us either. We plead with the authorities to make available reserve tents to allow couples to have intimacy when the need be.
“We know some people are reported to be doing it in the bushes, particularly at night, but our customs and traditions frown on such social misdeeds with dire consequences,” she told the news agency.
Florence Fosuah is not alone; another resident, Mable Agily, a 24-year-old mother of two from Zebilla in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region shared similar sentiments.
“My husband sleeps meters away from me, preventing me from visiting him in his all-male room in the night as he cannot visit me either.
“That leaves me with my eight-month baby to keep me company as he coughs profusely from the effects of the explosion, particularly at night,” Mable Agily lamented.
