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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Very ***barred word*** statement. This party has been reduced to jokers and stomach direction politicians. How can this attitude rule Ghana. Allah save Ghana from the hands of these crooks ndc. Is he Allah or doom wisher to know or think like your party is thinking. Whoever thought this guy in school must be ashamed of himself.
THE HIGHEST POSITION THIS GUY HELD WAS DINNING HALL PREFECT,SO HE NEVER THOUGHT OF BECOMING AN MP.IT IS ONLY IN THE NDC PARTY THAT YOU SEE THESE ELEMENTS AS MPs.
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COMPLETED !D!0t!
No serious political party will make this 1diot a ranking member on a serious sector as health. A character who perceived dining hall prefect as CV-worthy? being a ranking member on health? Lord have mercy! Where are the brains in NDC? Well, if their flag bearer himself is this messy, what else do you expect from a ranking member like Akandor? His father was in the news, reported to have stolen fertilizers meant for cocoa farmers.
WHEN THE NDC WERE FORCING THE GOVERNMENT TO GO AND BRING THE GHANAIAN STUDENTS ENTRAPPED IN CHINA HOME (TO GHANA), WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? DID YOU PEOPLE DEMONSTRATE HAVING ANY SOLUTION TO OFFER PER THAT CONDUCT? YOU APPROBATE AND REPROBATE? THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT NEED NOT BE POLITICISED, BROTHER!
NDC has A party should not think this a platform for them to score political points, YOU guys were forcing the president to go and bring the Ghanaian's in China, given the president time limit. Tell me how prepared the ITALIANS when they went for their people in china, please we know what came out of your meeting, to use this deadly disease for politics because a whole formal president is also saying the same thing as his campaign members.GO AND BRING GHANAIANS IN CHINA BECAUSE THEIR PART OF GHANA, YOU SPONSOR THEM TO GO AND DIE, NOW YOU TURN BACK TELLING THE SAME PRESON YOU WERE FORCING TO GO BRING GHANAIAN'S IN CHINA THAT HE DID NOT TOOK ANY PROPER MEASURES TO FIGHT THE DISEASE......ABA!ABA!!AAAAABA!!!NDC WHY.
Tabaaa of a kind
This chap does care for his country but only for his stomach. He will talk ru -bbish so far as he is paid with taxpayers money. a big dis- grace
should this also be politicized? you people are not serious one bit. Bunch of loose brains