National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has stated it is not surprising that cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the country.
According to him even though it is bad news it is not surprising. He said though it is a bad disease we should remain calm and not panic much as countries like China and Korea that panicked have faced its consequences in their country.
He called on all political parties not to be political about the COVID-19 since it doesn't affect political colours and has no respect for personalities.
“Let’s not be political about it for coronavirus is no respecter of persons or political affiliation and not considering ones wealthy status. Let’s take a nationalistic aspect of the story and tackle it as such,” he said.
Speaking on Peace FM’s 'Kokroko' political discussion programme, the NDC communicator stressed that government needs not to be secretive about the confirmed cases reported but disclose to citizens every truth involved in the case to keep citizens calm.
Also, he indicated that government should disburse some part of the funds allocated for the disease to create awareness in all languages spoken in the country and also create enough quarantine centres in all the regions.
“Government must throw more light on the cases confirmed and keep no secret. We don’t only need to know where the confirmed victims are coming from but their names are as well needed, because in Nigerian names of the victim and the driver involved were mentioned and where the victim travelled from. So why are we hiding details of the confirmed cases in Ghana as if it is a CIA confidential matter,” he argued.
Sammy Gyamfi further detailed expectations from government and said “Government should provide concrete procedures on how we can contain the situation and prevent it from spreading . . . "
Listen to him in the video below
Source: Elizabeth Semiheva Bedi, peacefmonline.com, [email protected]
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I thought they say this guy is a lawyer? Does he understand data protection? What do you need the affected people’s personal details such as their names for? What is that going to help stop the spread of the virus. Over here in UK, none of even those who have died names have been mentioned. You can only here about their age categories and if they had any underlying medical problems. This cheap and naive political hypocrisy must stop.
Two wrongs do not make right, unless one is very myopic, ***barred word*** and in-warding looking. We all remember the uselesssss comments from opposition during EBOLA.
All political parties are prioritizing elections over safety of Ghanaians. There is nothing in place to check travellers at Elubo in the western region. If care is not taken by December 2020 Ghanaians would be surprised the number of affected and there would be no pooling station agent. Election would be ***barred word***. Please let's be serious and report every suspected case. Also, the government must not cover up. Nobody can direct who the virus should attack. It's not time for chop chop, safety first.
let br serious once as a country. why do u bring politics in everything. how can we move forward as country. Here in USA all those infected with covid-19, none of them has his or her identity been made public. this is health issue . all Ghanaian are thinking is something to win political point at the expense of the live of innocent Ghanaians. wait till u get infected with the covid-19 then u will see the reality. REASON SAMMY it's becoming too much