Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
ACCRA, March 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Donations have started pouring in by spirited Ghanaians both home and abroad towards the fight against the deadly coronavirus, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed
An eight-member board has since been inaugurated by the President of Ghana for the COVID-19 fund.
Government set up a fund for the public including individuals and Corporate entities to donate to support the government’s drive to fight the deadly coronavirus.
The President and Vice have shown leadership by donating three months’ salaries of theirs into the account.
The Board which was inaugurated today at the Jubilee House will be Chaired by former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo and is expected to coordinate the reception of donations and the disbursement of such.
Speaking at the inauguration, the President disclosed that well-meaning Ghanaians home and abroad want to donate towards the fight against the deadly disease and underscored the need to have a structured way of handling such donations to ensure accountability and fair distribution.
“I felt that the best way was to establish a public trust, so that the monies that come do not get intermingled with government money and all of those problems. A public trust that is to be managed by an independent body of trustees, so that people will see that these monies are being properly accounted for and properly deployed.”
The President mentioned that the Attorney General has been directed to help provide legal backing for the establishment for the Public Trust Fund.
Meanwhile, Ghana’s Joint Security Task Force says it will be deploying some 2,000 men and women from the army, police and other security personnel to parts of the country where a lockdown directive has been issued by the President.
This comes as parts of measures to curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus outbreak as the country’s confirmed case count as at Sunday, March 29 has reached 152, with a death toll of 5.
Ghana will for the next two weeks go into a partial lockdown as part of measures to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic outbreak.
Meanwhile, DCOP Dr Sayibu Gariba, Director of National Operations at the Ghana Police Service speaking at a press briefing indicated that the service was poised to ensure compliance of the lockdown orders by the state and would need maximum cooperation from the citizenry.
DCOP Gariba adds that the police service does not intend to terrorize the citizenry during the period of the lockdown adding that, the mission is not a combat operation but rather a humanitarian one. — NNN-AGENCIES
