Former president, Jerry John Rawlings says until the COVID-19 pandemic is over, razor won’t touch his hair or beard.
Former president Jerry Rawlings amazed many Ghanaians when he showed up at the 2020 June 4 celebrations with fully grown grey hair and beard.
Ghanaians who were not used or had never seen the former president in that state likened the look to Nigerian playwright, Wole Soyinka.
Then, he joked that he was going to use his hair to brush the disease away.
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“Ladies and gentlemen…“for those of you who are wondering about this Moses brush, if you want, call it Moses broom. Since the president [Akufo-Addo] has decided, he will use his shaven head to get rid of Covid-19, I will use [my] Moses’ brush [hair] to get rid of it and when it happens, then I think we can go back to our normal look.”
Speaking on Accra based Asaase FM Sunday, Jerry Rawlings said he would keep the hair until the pandemic is over.
“I wanted to provide evidence that I was also hibernating and I have decided until it goes, this hair won’t go.
“As soon as it goes, yes,” he added.
In a related developement, among the 122 people the virus has killed so far is the CEO of the Forestry Commission, Mr Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly called Sir John.
Also, the Sekondi-Takoradi mayor died of it.
Furthermore, four doctors have succumbed to it with 150 other health professionals stricken by it.
So far, prominent people such as the Minister of Regional Reorganisation Mr Dan Botwe, Ghana’s High Commissioner to the UK & Ireland Papa Owusu Ankomah, the governing New Patriotic Party’s Campaign Manager Peter Mac Manu, Tema West MP Carlos Ahenkorah, among others, have tested positive.
Also, President Akufo-Addo has gone into a 14-day self-isolation after he got exposed to a COVID-19-positive person, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said in a statement issued on Saturday, 4 July 2020.
“On the advice of doctors, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is from today, 4 July 2020, taking a 14-day precautionary self-isolation measure in compliance with COVID-19 protocols,” the statement added.
It said: “The President has elected to do so after, at least, one person within his close circle, tested positive for COVID-19 today.”
According to the statement, the President opted to self-isolate “out of the abundance of caution” even though he has tested negative for the virus.
“The President will, during this precautionary self-isolation period, be working from the Presidential Villa at the Jubilee House, Accra,” the statement added.
