Majority MPs to Donate Ghc 100,000 to covid-19 Fund

The Majority caucus in Ghana’s Parliament is set to donate GHS100,000 to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund earmarked to provide relief for the needy amid the pandemic.

A cheque for the stated amount will be presented to the Board of Trustees of the Fund at the Jubilee House later today, Thursday, April 9, 2020.

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu in addressing the media today, reiterated the need for government to be supported in every way possible in the fight against the outbreak.

“In respect of the COVID-19 Trust Fund, as you are aware, we finalized the Bill the previous week and the President has assented to it so it’s now an Act and the Trustees have been constituted. And beginning today, as I have been told, they are available from 11 am this morning till 2 pm to receive the monies and resources that benevolent Ghanaians would want to contribute to assist in the fight against the Coronavirus disease. So we intend to present a cheque of one hundred thousand Ghana cedis (GHS100,000) as our widows’ mite to the COVID-19 Trust Fund,” he said.

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The COVID-19 National Trust Fund was passed by Parliament on Thursday, April 2, 2020.

The trust, which is chaired by former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has been receiving contributions from various groups.

President Akufo-Addo last Sunday disclosed that the COVID-19 National Trust Fund had received a total sum of GH¢8.75 million in the form of donations from the general public.