Member of Parliament for Juaboso Constituency, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh is blaming the six (6) confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the country on the Akufo-Addo led government.
He accuses the current administration of not being proactive enough to prevent the spread of the deadly COVID-19 in the country.
According to him, when the outbreak first occurred in China and hit other African countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that Ghanaians stand a high risk of contracting the COVID-19 due to the porous borders and the aviation system in the country.
Sadly, he claims, "the ruling government ignored all the promptings."
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, the Ranking Member on Health Committee in Parliament was of the firm belief that the current situation in the country with six confirmed Coronavirus cases, could have been avoided had the Akufo-Addo led government acted swiftly upon the WHO warnings and concerns expressed by the Minority in Parliament.
“We took things for granted from the onset and some people insulted us when we warned that we must intensify the precaution measures at our borders and the airport by quarantining people who have traveled to countries where the coronavirus has been detected . . . if anybody says that they didn’t know that Coronavirus will come to the country, then they did not follow the warning of the World Health Organization (WHO) . . .
“In the governance system, everybody has a part to play. Ghana belongs to all of us and so even if you are in disagreement with someone politically, but he is making a lot of sense which can be helpful, we should stop the insults and work with the suggestion made by others because of our political differences,” he slammed.
He cautioned that “this coronavirus is no respecter of political colour, President, Journalist, Minister and Member of Parliament as all are vulnerable. All of us should be vigilant with the outbreak of the coronavirus”.
He, therefore, urged every Ghanaian to put their destiny into their own hands by making their lives and that of their families their utmost priority.
“ . . wash your hands with running water and soap frequently and regularly and in the absence of water and soap, use alcohol-based hand sanitizer intermittently. Research has shown that alcohol-based sanitizer is one of the best preventive measures to curtail the spread of the coronavirus,” he advised.
“ . . I am not saying people should go and drink akpeteshie and neither have I said that if you drink akpeteshie, it can cure the coronavirus but if you have akpeteshie even though the alcohol-based hand sanitizer is the best, you can use akpeteshie to wash your hands in the absence of alcohol-based hand sanitizer and then use water to rinse your hands,” he cautioned.
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Somebody should tell me, can I protest that the tax I pay should not be used to pay Akandoh and his kind. I feel my tax is being wasted in paying somebody like this. The money can have a better use by providing a good school building in my village. "Answer a f00l according to his fo-lly, or he will be wise in his own eyes" Proverbs 26:5
Is the NDC worth following? All the comments of our party people and even our leader suggests that we are happy this virus got to Ghana, because we are not in power. But do we know the political affiliation of the victims? Its sad for us to behave like this in this critical time.
Is this Guy serious?
Sorry. Akando's irresponsible attitude equally mirrored the very people who voted for him to parliament. I will say our Great Ndc is losing everything. Maybe Mills strategies to involve youths in politics has failed us. Look at guys like Okudzeto, Felix, Akandoh,Otokunor,Akamba and many mo-rons
No need to comment on this boy's statement
You gave an ultimatum to government to go and bring students from china else government will face your wrath, where did that end. Now you are blaming government for not preventing the virus from coming to Ghana? Can we shut our borders to nationals and people who reside here? This guy is not knowledgeable and I blame those in the village who voted for such as the best to represent them in parliament.
And all these lots are politicians. No wonder the country keeps wandering around ....
What the NDC man should be doing now is to educate Ghanaians about their safety from covid19. Honorable, you can do better than this.
Nkwaseas3m Paa nie?
Look at all this things call themselves politician, nkruasisem nkoaa, I am happy I don't belong to NDC anymore.