In his passionate late night address to update the country on measures taken in our fight against the coronavirus disease, President Akuffo-Addo made some important statements that one cannot help but keep in mind.
The following are some of such quotes from his speech;
In assuring citizens that measures have been put in place to ensure that we have a stable economy after this down turn he said
“what we do not know is how to bring people back to life. We will therefore protect people’s lives then their livelihoods”
On enforcing the laws, he said
“And we also reiterate that the ban on public gatherings, religious or social is still in force. Anyone, irrespective of status, religion or ethnicity who is found to be flouting them will be dealt with fully in accordance with law”
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On sticking to the partial lockdown, he said
“For the next two weeks, I urge all of you, especially residents in the affected areas of Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi to be reminded everyday that the front-line of the fight against coronavirusis our front door. If you cross it, you and your family will likely be infected. So please, stay at home”
Announcing the fund established to help the needy and vulnerable
“I’ve directed the controller general to pay my next three months salary i.e April, May and June into this fund and I’ll like to thank, from the bottom of my heart he churches, financial institutions and individuals more of a ready made donations to help in this fight. God richly bless them.”
Encouraging Ghanaians to comply to protective measures
“We can defeat this virus if we all commit ourselves to respecting all the measures that have been outlined. I’m confident that Ghanaians will comply with them and the security services will not have to intervene with extra-ordinary means to enforce them. The love of country is deeply embedded in all of us and I assure you that the security forces will conduct themselves with the necessary professionalism”
“We have prayed to the almighty God to heal our land. And I know that by the grace of God, He has heard our cry. Nonetheless, each one of us must do his or her part. May God bless us all and our homeland Ghana and make us great and strong”
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Touching on how the weeks ahead will be like
“Fellow Ghanaians, we are in this together. And government will stand by you. We are aware that there will be discomfort and difficulties for all of us over the next couple of weeks…”
Emphasizing the need to stick to the measures
“These additional measures, together with those earlier announced, are what will help us defeat the virus and we must be united in our determination and efforts overcome this challenge”
Encouraging a united front in the fight against the disease
“This certainly, is not the time for politicking or the display of partisanship. The virus does not care which party you belong to neither is it, as we have seen a respecter of persons. The enemy is the virus and not each other”
On frontline health personnel
“It’s very important that we protect all health care providers with personal protective equipments to make sure that they do not contract the virus in the process of protecting our lives”
