Former President John Mahama has distributed food items to 20,000 households in the lockdown areas of Ghana to cushion them in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown.
In a live Facebook address, John Mahama said the food items will be distributed in a fair and transparent manner to those under COVID-19 Lockdown areas.
“These critical stakeholders know their communities better and they know those who really need support. So let’s involve them now! Accordingly, I have in view of the situation many of our people are facing, procured and will be making available, food items to cater for a total of 20,000 households across these areas affected by the lockdown, and these include the areas of Greater Accra, Kasoa and Greater Kumasi.
“Ladies and gentlemen, these items – Rice, Oil and Canned Fish – will be delivered to our traditional rulers in the lockdown areas; the Ga Traditional Council, the Tema Traditional Council, the Kpone Traditional Council, the Awutu Senya Traditional Council, the Asanteman Council, the Council of Zongo Chiefs in both Accra and Kumasi and the umbrella bodies of faith-based organizations and people living with disability. We count on these bodies to coordinate and manage a fair distribution of these items to households in their areas,” he said.
The former President also appealed to the government to actively engage chiefs in its mitigation efforts to fight coronavirus in Ghana.
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“I am requesting the chiefs to work actively with the assembly members of the affected areas in order to ensure that the items get to the people who it will cover, and they are delivered to their homes. There must be no gatherings and large crowds at the palaces or any locations in a manner that negates the country’s efforts towards managing the COVID crisis.
“Just as I came to the aid of our health workers when there was a dire need for protective clothing, this support to some 20,000 households must be done in a fair and just manner without any parochial considerations. This is a widow’s mite to support our people in these difficult times. We are all in this together, and we should take care of one another, no matter where. We are one people, bound by one love – and this is a time to build bridges, not barriers; to bring love, hope, and trust, not hate and mistrust”.
