Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has attributed Ghana’s success story so far in the fight against the COVID -19 pandemic to the sterling leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
While commending all the agencies, departments and organizations that have collaborated in the fight at an appraisal meeting for members of the National Security Operation COVID Safety Taskforce in Accra on Friday, September 18, 2020, Dr. Bawumia said the President’s clear, marching orders to members of government, including the Economic Management Team, have been to do whatever it takes to save lives.
This firm, focused leadership, Vice President Bawumia maintained, has been the catalyst for all decisions taken in the fight against COVID 19 so far, and has saved the country from possible disaster.
“I highly commend all the agencies, departments and bodies that have worked together in this COVID 19 pandemic to ensure that we have kept it under reasonable control. We can all be proud of ourselves.
“But I can confidently state, without any shadow of a doubt, that President Akufo-Addo’s firm, focused leadership in these trying times has saved us so far from the disaster that has been seen elsewhere. His focus, his marching order, to save lives no matter the cost, has been the abiding force that has saved us all,” he declared.
“We can be proud of ourselves on our handling of COVID as affirmed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that we are one of the best-performing countries in the world. From the decision on the early lockdown, Ghana adopted the 3 Ts (Testing, Tracing, and Treatment), enhanced contact tracing, and even the use of drones.
“At every stage of our fight, the President has been at the forefront, guiding and ensuring that all our decisions are geared towards saving lives. We can bring back the economy, but we cannot bring back the lives we would have lost if we had not focused on saving lives.”
The Vice President expressed the appreciation of Government for the inter-agency partnerships and the organisations and bodies that have collaborated and offered support, including the Church of Pentecost, Ghana Football Association, faith-based organisations and Civil Society Organisations.
Giving an overview of the steps and outcomes so far, the Minister of National Security, Hon Albert Kan Dapaah, and his deputy, Hon Henry Quartey, hailed the efforts of the health personnel, which have led to the highest recovery rate in the sub-region and one of the highest in the world, at almost 98%.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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This guy is crazy. Tell us, apart from nigeria and senegal which have 1095 and 302 deaths respectively, which country is 3rd in West Africa with 297 deaths? 297 persons are killed by COVID19 in Ghana and you think because it is not in 1000s you have done well. All over West Africa the number is fairly down. If you work the proportion in term of population Nigeria has done far better than Ghana, so stop misbehaving. If 30m population equal 297 deaths, 1095 deaths in Nigeria should be for a population of 111m. But the current Nigeria population stands at 206m. So they have done 10 times better than Ghana in terms of deaths.
4 more for Nana