Deputy Chief of Staff (Administration), Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, has welcomed families of the eight public servants who died in the August 6, 2025 helicopter crash to the Jubilee House, describing the ceremony as a significant step in government’s commitment to supporting those left behind.
Delivering the welcome address at a ceremony to present government compensation cheques, Children’s Fund certificates and health insurance packages to the families, Nana Oye said the gathering marked the beginning of a new chapter for the victims’ families.
“On the 6th of August 2025, Ghana lost eight distinguished public servants in a helicopter crash. Since their burial, government has walked closely with their families, providing interim allowances, counselling, health insurance enrolment, and scholarships. This morning, we close that chapter of process and paperwork, and open a new one, built around the futures of the children and families of our fallen heroes,” she said.
Nana Oye disclosed that the Office of the President, working with the Labour Department, had secured more than GH¢13 million in compensation for the dependants of the fallen civilian officials, while compensation for the three military officers who also died in the crash had been arranged.
She said the families would also receive Legacy Boxes containing Children’s Fund investment certificates, commemorative medallions bearing the images of their loved ones, and personal letters from President John Dramani Mahama addressed to each child.
The Deputy Chief of Staff further announced that beneficiaries would receive healthcare coverage under the Nationwide Medical Insurance Premier Plan.
“Inside each health package is a unique card that will give each family access to healthcare coverage under the Nationwide Medical Insurance Premier Plan, worth a combined three million Ghana cedis across all twenty-seven beneficiaries,” she stated.
Addressing the bereaved families, Nana Oye acknowledged their resilience and patience throughout the past year.
“Today belongs, first, to the families gathered here, the widows, mothers, and dependants who have carried this loss with quiet dignity for nearly a year. In a particular and deliberate way, it also belongs to the nineteen children among them, who represent not what this tragedy took from Ghana, but what Ghana still owes to its future,” she said.
She thanked the Chief of Staff, Dr. Julius Debrah, the Children Support Fund 6825 Committee, the Ghana Armed Forces, the Labour Department, Stanbic Bank Ghana, Nationwide Medical Insurance, and all individuals and organisations that contributed to supporting the affected families.
Nana Oye also expressed appreciation to President John Dramani Mahama for leading the process, saying, “Thank you for fulfilling what is wise, just and conscionable. Thank you for leading a process that gives these families not just a set of memorabilia today, but a process of closure.”
The ceremony brought together government officials, representatives of partner institutions, members of the media and relatives of the victims to officially hand over compensation cheques, Children’s Fund certificates and health insurance packages to the families of those who lost their lives in the tragic helicopter crash.
