The Executive Director of the Ghana Federation of Labour, Mr Abraham Koomson says the decision by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to lift the partial lockdown of Accra and Kumasi is “suicidal”.
“What the president is trying to tell us now is, you can go out and go and kill yourself, that is dangerous, it's suicidal,” He said in an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’ Tuesday, April 21, 2020.
Lifting COVID-19 Lockdown
President Akufo-Addo on Sunday announced the lifting the 3-week lockdown on Greater Accra and Kumasi, with effect from Monday, April 20.
Addressing the nation on Sunday, April 19, 2020, the president, however, stated all other social distancing measures are still in place. Churches, Schools both Public and Private, will still remain shut.
According to the president, the decision to enforce the 3-week lockdown was taken to give Government the opportunity to try to contain the spread of the virus, scale-up effectively the tracing of persons who had come into contact with infected persons, test them for the virus, and quarantine those who tested positive and isolate them for treatment.
Imprudent Decision
But Mr. Koomson, speaking to the show's host Kwesi Aboagye, stated that the president’s decision doesn’t make sense.
“Unless he [President Nana Addo] is trying to tell us that the Coronavirus doesn’t exist. But if indeed the virus is real, then the president has officially granted us [Ghanaians] the freedom to go out there and die. All die be die,” he said.
Protect Yourself
Adding that “I am afraid so I will not risk my life, I will stay home and work. We are not safe in this country”
“Now we must take our destines in our own hands and protect ourselves, don’t risk it and go out there to die.”
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How can such a person be the Executive Director of any serious group? How can you interpret the lifting of the lockdown to mean being asked by the President to go out and kill yourself? How? If he has children I will beg of them to advise him and get him from the public space because he is disgracing himself.
MR KOOMSON AND PEOPLE IN GHANA WHO HAVE NO STABLE WORK IN ACCRA, KUMASI,TEMA, TAKORADI, TAMALE, KASOA OR THE OTHER CITIES MUST GET OUT OF SUCH PLACES TO TAKE REFUGE IN THEIR HOME VILLAGES AND TOWNS. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM CORONA VIRUS IN NEW YORK, ITALY, SPAIN, FRANCE, UK, BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, GERMANY AND SOME OTHER PLACES BECAUSE OF THE HIGH POLLUTION FROM NITROGEN DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF SUCH REGIONS. NITROGEN DIOXIDE IS GENERATED FROM FUEL EMISSION OF VEHICLES AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL MACHINES. COVID-19 DEATH RATE IS VERY HIGH IN WESTERN EUROPE AND NEW YORK BECAUSE OF THE HIGH POLLUTION. CONTRARY TO THE PROJECTIONS OF W.H.O. AND OTHERS, THE LESS INDUSTRIALIZED AFRICA IS SAFER TO EXPERIENCE LOW DEATH, WHEN EVEN THE INFECTION GET HIGH IN THE CONTINENT. THIS CAN BE A BLESSING IN MISFORTUNE. GOD IS GREAT. POP
Sit home sir if you desire,the president won’t come to force you to go out.but there is a bigger percentage of the people who are thankful to God that we can go and find something to put on the table.
IRRESPONSIBLE FATHER MAKING IRRESPONSIBLE STATEMENTS. I ALWAYS WONDER WHY THE WISE IN THE NDC DONT COMMENT ON ISSUE LIKE THIS? INTERESTINGLY, YOU ALWAYS HEAR THE FU001S MAKING NOISE ALL OVER WHY?
Ghanaians should not forget that the Airbus and the IPP monies are in circulation by the create looot and share party to people like this man. How can an elderly man like this does not see any sense in what the president did. Three weeks we have not worked and most people working in the private sector will not be paid. Let me tell this old man that if he has stoleen monies to spend, he should at least watch tv and see how people were suffering and scramble for food they could have worked and buy themselves. Let us be truthful to ourselves as Ghanaians, those insulting the president are people who has drained the country or are enjoying free money from TIO. The oldman should have spend sometime to question who is the Government Official One in both scandals if he is patriotic as he pretend to be. If you do not see any sense in what the president did, at least a Kayayie who spoke on Saturday before the lifting of the lockdown made more sense than you Old man.
Fellow Ghanaians, have you realized that all these hate speeches are always expressed on Okay Fm. Is it an agenda setting by the Ndc? Insha Allah, they diabolic plans will never work, mark my words.
I thought age come with wisdom but not this old man. He is living on borrowed time. He misrepresented everything Nana Addo said. They still have some of the create, loot and share to spend so they talk anyhow. Ei obibi ni, only bad things and intentions come from your month
I taught all people of this calibre are well resourced and knowledgeable so anytime they talk, they impact positively on we the youth, not knowing " some of them" are empty headed. i can say with authority that this man is one of them. Daddy, go back to your family and diagnose your assertion and come back because this is below belt. elders don't talk like that, i am even afraid of your big title, am trying to believe that you don't merit it.
One of the privilege few who can stay home and work. What about the majority who do not have such access to stay home and work? Where would their next meal come from? Sometimes some of these guys make comments to suggest that we are all in same boat with them! They talk as if they are on the side of the masses. It is sad and a sad situation indeed! May the Lord be our helper!
Lucky you. You can stay at home and work and earn a living. But note that about 80% of the country's population have to go out and work before they can earn something to live on. So, stay at home, but don't make it look like the others going out are ***barred word***, or they simply want to kill themselves. !d!ot.