Combatting Covid-19: Prez Akufo-Addo to Meet Leaders of Political Parties Today

the meeting will avail the president an opportunity to discuss with key political actors on the way forward in fighting the pandemic.

Combatting Covid-19: Prez Akufo-Addo to Meet Leaders of Political Parties Today
President Akufo-Addo

The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo will today, April 3, 2020, meet the leadership of all political parties in the country to discuss best measures that can be adopted in curbing the spread of the coronavirus disease.

President Akufo-Addo has already held discussions with members of the clergy, market women and transport operators to find ways of tackling the pandemic in the country.

Today’s meeting will, therefore, afford the President an opportunity to also explain to key political actors, some critical decisions taken by the government to stem the spread.

The President, in his last address to the country, on Friday, March 27, 2020, announced a partial lockdown of parts of Accra and Kumasi.

 

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He also called for a collectivised approach as Ghana finds a lasting solution in these hard times warning against the ‘politicking and display of partisanship’ in the country’s COVID-19 fight.

“Fellow Ghanaians, I am urging all of you to bear with these additional measures. They are being done in the interest of all of us. They are, hopefully, only for a short while. These additional measures, together with those earlier announced, are what will help us defeat the virus. And, we must be united in our determination and efforts to overcome this challenge.

"This, certainly, is not the time for politicking or the display of partisanship. The virus does not care which party you belong to, neither is it, as we have seen, a respecter of persons. The enemy is the virus and not each other”, he admonished.

As of Thursday, April 2, 2020, the total tally of recorded covid-19 cases in Ghana stands at 204 with five deaths recorded.

The number of regions affected by COVID-19 in Ghana is five with the Greater Accra region recorded the most cases while the Eastern and Upper West regions have the least, with 1 case each.