No fewer than eight schoolchildren in Ghana’s Bono East Region have been killed after the boat taking them to school capsized on the Volta Lake.
According to the National Disaster Management Organization the boat disaster include five boys and three girls aged five to 12.
The boat was carrying a total of 20 pupils who were on their way to school in Wayokope, a community across the lake.
Ibrahim Wudonyim, the coordinator of NADMO, said the Marine Police Unit of Ghana Police Service, assisted by some locals, have recovered the bodies of the deceased.
Investigations are underway to find out the cause of the accident.