The largest opposition political party in Ghana, National Democratic Congress (NDC) on March 22, announced a team of professionals to guide the party’s efforts and its response to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
The team, according to the Flagbearer of the NDC, John Mahama, will lead the party’s public advocacy and sensitisation activities on the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 13-member contingents will also collaborate and provide support to government, upon request, on the fight against coronavirus.
According to a statement from the NDC, The members of the team who have been drawn from among the rich array of expertise in the party are made up of the following personalities:
1. Hon. Alex Segbefia
Former Minister for Health
2. Professor Margaret Kweku
Public Health Expert & Former Dean of School of Public Health, UHAS.
3. Dr. Grace Ayensu-Danquah
Surgical Specialist & Specialist in Disaster Management and Infectious Disease Control and Humanitarian Assistance & Professor of Global surgery Ensign, School of Public Health
4. Dr. Vida Yarkong
Interdisciplinary Medicine Expert
5. Dr. Jehu Appiah
Senior Medical Consultant & former General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association
6. Mr. Prosper Bani
Former Minister for the Interior & former Head of UNDP’s Crisis Prevention and Recovery Team for Africa
7. Hon Cassiel Ato Forson
Ranking Member, Parliamentary Committee on Finance and MP for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam Constituency
8. Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akando
Ranking Member, Parliamentary Committee on Health & MP for Juaboso
9. Hon. Dr. Zanetor Agyemang – Rawlings
Medical Doctor and Member of Parliament for Klottey-Korle Constituency
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10. Mrs. Mawuena Trebarh
Communications Specialist
11. Dr. Jonas Asamoah
Public Health Expert, Hawa Memorial Hospital, Osiem
12. Dr. Prosper Akanbong
Physician Consultant and former CEO, Tamale Teaching Hospital.
13. Nana Kofi Quakyi- Specialist in Health Economics and Assistant Professor in Public Health.
Meanwhile, the novel coronavirus cases recorded in Ghana have risen to 24.
