President Akufo-Addo has announced a two weeks extension on ban all pubic gatherings in accordance with EI 64.
This he said has become very necessary after the consultations he had with various groups and bodies including the Council of State and National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS)
“Fellow Ghanaians, in the course of this past week, I engaged a number of stakeholders to discuss the future of existing measures which have imposed restrictions on public gatherings, shut down our schools, and closed our borders. I met with the Chairperson and Members of the Council of State, the President and Members of the Standing Committee of the National House of Chiefs, representatives of organised labour, i.e. the leadership of the Trades Union Congress, the leadership of the Christian Community, the leadership of the Muslim Community, the President and Executive Committee of the Ghana Medical Association, representatives and leaders of the Media, and the leadership of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), and its affiliated associations. The strong consensus that emerged from these and other consultations is that the existing measures must be maintained for now, until we have a firm grip on the movement of the virus. This consensus is supported by data and science, and I am also very much of this view. I have, accordingly, by Executive Instrument, extended for another two (2) weeks the suspension of all public and social gatherings, as set out in E.I 64 of 15th March, 2020, effective tomorrow, 1am, Monday, 27th April” he said
President Akufo-Addo has also lauded various state operators like supermarkets and particularly the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly for the various measures put in place to help curb the spread of the covid-19 disease.
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The STMA has put in measures to move part of its major market, the Market Circle to its Jubilee Grounds, drastically depopulating the market which is normally choked with a lot of people.
He went on to talk about building of more health facilities across the country including the rehabilitation of the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi.
The president has also called on all muslims to this time just like Easter celebrate Ramadan indoors away from the normal congregations that characterize the celebrations this time around.
“I, thus, call on all Muslims to heed this prophetic admonishment to pray at home, so we can protect ourselves from the danger of COVID-19. This is in line with the counsel of the wise, devout Muslim scholar, the Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu. I wish all Muslims Ramadan Mubarak. In this period, let me state, once again, that the virus is the enemy, and not one another. We must be resolute in our unity to defeat this invisible enemy” the president said.
