Media personality George Quaye has backed the President of Ghana on his decision to lift the partial lockdown after the administration came under nationwide scrutiny.

He claimed that Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has been getting his decisions right therefore Ghanaians should trust him instead of doubting.

Immediately after the President announced the lifting of the lockdown, a section of the public took to various social media platforms to criticize the development as they pointed out that the best decision would have been extending the lockdown or imposing stiffer measures considering the fact that the case count had crossed ome thousand.

George Quaye reacted to the critics on a Facebook post saying, “It’s always easy to question a decision from the comfort of an arm chair. Our president is not an idiot and he is not surrounded by airheads. I’m pretty sure a lot of deep thought, debates, conversations, arguments and counter arguments went into the decision to ‘unlock’ the ‘lockdown’. As mentioned in one of his addresses (if I am not mistaken), your front door is your personal frontline hero in this battle against COVID-19.”

"If you have nothing doing in town, please #stayhome! If you need to step out, please follow all the safety protocols and wear a face mask! If your employer insists you come to work, ensure he’s also made the environment safe. If he hasn’t, invest in your own safety! Your safety is your priority. The lockdown has been unlocked. Let’s kick Ghana’s economic motor into motion again please.” - He continued.

The partial lockdown was lifted after much deliberations and considerations as economic proceedings have to resume to help balance the damages that have been effected by the spread of the deadly virus. The president on April 19 lifted a three-week old restriction on movements imposed on the Greater Accra, Greater Kumasi, Tema and Kasoa in its fight against Coronavirus.

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His decision came on the back of the administration's ability to track and contain the spread of the virus in major areas of the country and was majorly influenced by several factors including Ghana’s ability to undertake aggressive contact tracing, an enhanced capacity to test, expansion of the number of treatment and isolation centres as well as the impact of the virus on the poor and vulnerable in the affected areas.

Meanwhile President Akufo-Addo has emphasized that other measures including the ban on public gatherings remain unchanged.

“I must make it clear, at the outset, that lifting these restrictions does not mean we are letting our guard down,” the President said.

“All other measures are still firmly in place. For the avoidance of doubt, the earlier measures announced on Wednesday, 15th March, which have been extended, are still very much in force, and have not been relaxed. I am demanding even greater adherence to these measures.

"In here, I am referring to the suspension of all public gatherings, including conferences, workshops, funerals, parties, nightclubs, drinking spots, beaches, festivals, political rallies, religious activities and sporting events. All educational facilities, private and public, are to remain closed. Businesses and other workplaces can continue to operate, observing staff management and workplace protocols with the view to achieving social distancing and hygiene protocols,” he said.