The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has pledged three months’ salary to a Fund, set up to receive donations earmarked at assisting persons that would be affected by the covid-19 outbreak.

The president disclosed this in an address to the country last Friday, March 27, 2020.

The Covid-19 National Trust Fund, as it is called, will be chaired by former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, supported by an Independent Board of Trustees.

Akufo-Addo asserted 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,”

Akufo-Addo commended churches, organisations and individuals who have so far contributed towards the fund.

“I’m confident that we can defeat this virus if we all commit ourselves to the measures that have been outlined,” he said, while urging the public to donate towards it.

The president appealed to Ghanaians to cooperate with the authorities in the fight against the pandemic, by adhering to precautionary measures put in place.

“We have to wish each other the best of luck in these very trying times. I believe sincerely, my conviction on that is profound, that the cooperation of people like you, the cooperation of the generality of the Ghanaian people, and, of course, the support of the Almighty, I believe that this challenge is one that we shall overcome” Akufo-Addo said.

View full list of Board of Trustees of the Covid-19 Fund below

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Board of Trustees of the COVID-19 National Trust Fund

•    Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo - Chairperson
•    Archbishop Justice Ofei Akrofi
•    Mr Jude Kofi Bucknor
•    Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie
•    Mrs Elsie Addo-Awadzie
•    Dr Ernest Ofori-Sarpong
•    Dr Tanko.
•    Mr Collins Asare - Secretary to the Board.