The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament(MP) for Juaboso Constituency, Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has kicked against the decision by President Akufo-Addo to lift the ban on movement in some parts of the country considered to be the epicentres of the COVID-19 outbreak.
According to him, inasmuch as he agrees that the lockdown will impose hardships on some Ghanaians due to their socio-economic status, it was not advisable for the President to have lifted the lockdown and allow free movement in areas considered to be epicentres.
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, Hon. Mintah Akandoh asserted that Ghanaians are better off with the hardships opposed by the partial lockdown than to die from the virus.
“What I agree with everybody is that this lockdown will bring hardship on Ghanaians, but we are better off with hardship than to die from the virus. What it means is that, those who are in hardships and those without food, we must put proper measures in place. Simply because people are complaining they don’t have food to eat means they should go out to die,” he baffled.
To him, it is unfathomable for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to urge Ghanaians to stay at home at a point in his address to the nation on the state of the COVID-19 after lifting the ban on movement.
“After saying all these things, he turns around to say that people should stay at home. The same person who says he has lifted ban on movement at a point in his speech will urge Ghanaians to stay at home. Why should people stay at home after lifting the ban on movement?” he wondered.
He, however, advised Ghanaians against going out when the country is recording higher figures of the novel coronavirus, hinting that the current situation of the COVID-19 is more dangerous than it started in the country.
“My humble advice to every Ghanaian is that, I will plead with them that it is even now dangerous to go out. The situation we find ourselves in now, it is more dangerous than we started with and so everybody should protect themselves especially if it reaches the most populous suburbs like; Mamobi, Nima and other such areas where the most vulnerable people reside," he adviced.
Prez Lifts Partial Lockdown
President Nana Akufo-Addo has lifted the three-week partial lockdown imposed in the Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi districts with effect from 1 am Monday, 20th April 2020.
This is in spite of the country's Coronavirus case count having increased to 1,042. Total samples tested so far stands at 68,591 with 1.5 % testing positive.
President Akufo-Addo announced this during his seventh address to the nation on the outbreak today, Sunday, April 19, 2020.
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PEOPLE IN GHANA WHO ARE AFRAID AND THOSE WHO HAVE NO STABLE WORK IN ACCRA, KUMASI,TEMA, TAKORADI, TAMALE, KASOA OR THE OTHER CITIES MUST GET OUT OF SUCH PLACES TO TAKE REFUGE IN THEIR HOME VILLAGES AND TOWNS. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM CORONA VIRUS IN NEW YORK, ITALY, SPAIN, FRANCE, UK, BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, GERMANY AND SOME OTHER PLACES BECAUSE OF THE HIGH POLLUTION FROM NITROGEN DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF SUCH REGIONS. NITROGEN DIOXIDE IS GENERATED FROM FUEL EMISSION OF VEHICLES AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL MACHINES. COVID-19 DEATH RATE IS VERY HIGH IN WESTERN EUROPE AND NEW YORK BECAUSE OF THE HIGH POLLUTION. CONTRARY TO THE PROJECTIONS OF W.H.O. AND OTHERS, THE LESS INDUSTRIALIZED AFRICA IS SAFER TO EXPERIENCE LOW DEATH, WHEN EVEN THE INFECTION GET HIGH IN THE CONTINENT. THIS CAN BE A BLESSING IN MISFORTUNE WHICH MUST NOT BE WASTED. COWARDS DIE MANY TIMES BEFORE THEIR DEATH. IF YOU ARE AFRAID TO TAKE RISK, YOU SHALL NEVER SUCCEED. TO GOD BE THE GLORY. POP
NDC HAVE NOTHING TO SAY JUST CONFUSING GHANAIANS .. YOU SAID NANA HAVE LOCK DOWN GHANA AND GHANAIANS ARE SUFFERING NOW YOU THE SAME PEOPLE ARE SAYING NANA IS PUTTING GHANAIANS LIVES IN DANGER ...
Ndc doesn’t know what they want. Otokunor and Mahama claim the imposition and lifting of the lockdown were ndc ideas. Asiedu Nketia says the imposition was in order to rig the election. Sammy Gyamfi says the lifting was in order to let the EC compile the new register - which we all know ndc doesn’t want. Now you say it’s better to go hungry than go out. What does your party want??? Anyway, if you don’t understand that the lifting of the lockdown didn’t mean we should go out unrestrained, then I pity you. Your whole party is struggling to make political gains of it all, and in the process you’re digging your own grave full of contradictions. Go way you.
I pity those who elect this dinning hall prefect as their mp
MAD PEOPLE DEY WEAR SUIT NOWADAYS OOOO
Can you say "I" rather than "we"
THE HARM OF THE GENERAL LOCKDOWN IN KUMASI AND ACCRA WEIGHS FAR MORE THAN EASING IT. WE GET VERY DISTURBING CROWDS IN GIVING OUT FOOD TO THE NEEDY. THIS DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF KEEPING AWAY FROM OTHERS TO AVOID THE SPREAD OF INFECTION. BESIDES, MANY STILL DO NOT GET FOOD TO EAT. THREE OR TWO GHANAIANS HAVE DIED FROM ENFORCING THE LOCKDOWN. SOME INTENTIONALLY MAKE NONSENSEEE OF THE LOCKDOWN. THEY TELL LIES TO THE POLICE AND THE SOLDIERS AND GIVE ALL KINDS OF FRIVOLOUS EXCUSES. THEY MAKE THE WORK OF ENFORCING THE LOCKDOWN VERY DIFFICULT. LIFE GENERALLY HAS BECOME DIFFICULT FOR MANY. IT MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE LIFTING OF LOCKDOWN DOES NOT TAKE AWAY THE OTHER RESTRICTIONS AND PRECAUTIONS. ALL STILL NEED TO OBSERVE THE BAN ON PUBLIC GATHERINGS, SOCIAL DISTANCING, STAY HOME, KEEPING AWAY FROM OTHERS, WEARING FACEMASKS AND GLOVES, HANDS WASHING AND SENSITIZING AND MANY OTHER PRACTICES. MANY THINGS WERE CONSIDERED AND COMPARED TO REACH THE DECISION TO LIFT THE LOCKDOWN. EVERY CHOICE IN LIFE HAS ITS GOOD SIDE AND BAD SIDE. ONE HAS TO EVALUATE ALL THE ISSUES INVOLVED TO DECIDE ON THE LESSER EVIL. THE DECISION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO LIFT THE BAN IN KUMASI AND ACCRA AND THEIR SURROUNDING IS ADVISED BY THE PROFESSIONALS AND THE EXPERTS IN THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD WHO ARE WELL-INFORMED IN THE MATTERS RELATING TO THIS GLOBAL CRISIS. WE MUST DO OUR BEST AS GHANAIANS TO COOPERATE WITH OUR LEADERS TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN THIS FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19. THE GROWING NUMBER OF CASES IN GHANA RESULTS FROM THE MASSIVE TESTING ACROSS THE NATION, WHICH IS SO FAR THE LARGEST IN AFRICA. THE NINE DEATH IS AN EVIDENCE TO THE EFFORT BY THE GOVERNMENT AND MANY IN THE COUNTRY. WE MUST COUNT OURSELVES BLESSED AND THANK GOD.
You can go on self imposed lock down for as long as you want...... but you claimed you did not understand the speech. hypocrate......
ah this dinning hall prefect mp too mtcheeeeew
Are you not the same person who did not understand the speech? So why are you commenting on it? Well, that speech was meant for people with high intellectual ability, which you lack. Sorry