Mr John Boadu, the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said that the Party had initiated an urgent move to distribute Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth five million cedis to health facilities nationwide.
The PPE, which would be distributed equally to all the 275 constituencies alongside intensified public sensitizations with key stakeholders, is aimed at helping to contain the spread of the virus.
Speaking in an interview with the media in Assin Fosu, he said the initiative was in tandem with government's unwavering determination to go all out to protect all citizens.
Mr Boadu gave a strong assurance that government will not trivialize the health and economic wellbeing of its people and stressed the urgent need for all political parties to join forces with the Government to contain the pandemic.
“They should disengage from politicizing all government efforts and rather collaborate effectively, particularly at this period of partial lockdown and its dire implications on the economy”.
Touching on reliable sources of fund to support the fight, Mr Boadu assured that government was exploring all internal and external revenue sources to raise the needed funds.
"The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will go all out to implement well-thought-out preventative measures while exploring all revenue sources in its bid to contain the spread of the pandemic."
"If it becomes necessary to tap into the heritage fund among other financial rearrangements, Government will not hesitate to act accordingly to protect its citizens," he noted.
Allaying the fears of Ghanaians, the NPP General Secretary noted that all the detected cases of the disease were largely imported, emphasizing the need for the people not to panic, but ensure that they adhered religiously to the President's directives and follow the instruction of handwashing with soap under running water seriously.
The good news according to him was that the decision to undertake the mandatory quarantine has made an impact because without that, all the confirmed cases would have slipped through and infected others.
He states that field officers, epidemiologists and communication health nurses had been trained to undertake contact tracing to test people.
He urged Ghanaians to assist health officials to identify persons who might be horizontally spreading the virus in the country and protect the population.
Mr Boasu appealed to those who had been quarantined and their families to cooperate and bear with the situation as it was in their own interest and general good of the country.
Also, it was significant that all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCES) collaborated with traditional and religious leaders and security agencies in their respective jurisdictions to ensure that the general public adhered to all directives.
Source: GNA
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Ndc tell me what you have offered to help fight this COVID-19 apart from dncouraging your people not to follow the lockdown? Tweeeaaa! Do you call what john mahama presented as something never happened before? Is Kdnbedy Agyepong an ndc man? He alone has contributed triple what john mahama did f000*00ls will always remain idi*ots ! Do you know how much McDan donated ? even the president gave his 3 months pay, the Vice president and the mps before john mahama donated something, his hypocricy at work as usual! Nhwehw3 anim as usual ! Always trying to copy the president but it won't work ! The president doesnt need somebody to tell him what to do he has his own convictions and principles something your flagbearer lacks. NPP has their own way of doing things and will never copy nkurasefuo like you people who hate good things. Ndc heaven has rejected you and the world has rejected you, you are coronavirus. Tell your mahama to stop copying the president and bring his own vision and programs! If the president say's 'A' the next day john mahama 'a' if the president says"B" mahama "b" what is that? The president has no challenger he is the President of the republic of Ghana and the commander-in-chief of the Ghana Armed Forces and no other person ! He should stop makkng himself a joke if he doesn't like the former president then he should act like the other flagbearers and stop behaving like me de3 madi president pen nti de3n? We have a president and Papa Kuffuor and Papa J are on their lane so be on your lane !
How much tax do ndc pay in Ghana? How many businesses do you have in Ghana that gives the government revenue? Even remittances that Ghanaians abroad bring the government can do all how many of your pdople are in abroad who contribute? When we talking about Ghana ndc should get lost. When did ndc recognized there is a country called Ghana? Which flag did they use when they were in power even ndc mps and aspiring mps give PPES with ndc flag and their pictures wrapped around are you Ghanaians? Get lost koraa ! Have you seen your flagbearer ever honoring decent invitations? Do you call yourselves Ghanaians? Listen to what your chairman said when political parties were invited and they also went there and listen to the other serious political party leaders what they said are you Ghanaians? When serious people met to talk about the coronavirus ndc was talking about their radio stations that failed to honour their obligations and taking off air do you call yourselves Ghanaians and are you serious? I prefer NDP or PPP to be the leading opposition party than this ndc coronavirus party with cabals all round.
Where were npp all along? Now akoffo addo have taken tax payers money buy PPE and npp want to distribute for political gain. Ghanaians are widely awake. Thanks to Ex president Mahama move to have awake sleeping nana addo and npp. Nana B stop covid 19 politics with govt PPE distribution. Let the appropraite govt agency take charge of the PPE distributions and not npp
is it government using taxes payers money to distribute or NPP?
Mahama is always setting standards for npp to follow. Distribute the PPE and stop making promises
Is it Ghana government to distribute or NPP? So they want to use fear and panic to buy the good-will of Ghanaians? Difficult to get intelligent people to govern Ghana