President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo on Sunday announced some bold directives as part of measures to stop the spread of coronavirus in the country.
The President placed a ban on church-related activities, mosques prayers, and all other public gatherings.
That was during his second address to the nation on the Coronavirus update.
Ban On Social Gatherings
According to him, "all public gatherings including conferences, workshops, funerals, festivals, political rallies, sporting events and religious events such as services in churches and mosques have been suspended."
The ban will be in force for the "next four weeks".
Additionally, he said, though "private burials are permitted," the membership should be "limited to not more than 25 persons."
"Secondly, all Universities, Senior High Schools and basic schools (i.e private and public) will be closed Monday, 16th of March, 2020 till further notice," President Akufo-Addo stated.
Silent on Night Clubs?
However, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) chastised the President for his loud silence on the operations night clubs.
National Communication Officer, Sammy Gyamfi on Wednesday's edition of Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo', wondered why President Akufo-Addo will close down churches and mosques and not discotheques.
Nightclub Operations Suspended!
On Thursday, the President put paid to all these concerns.
Hosting some eminent men of God at the Jubilee House for a breakfast prayer meeting, he clarified that the ban on public gatherings, include nightclubs.
"Yes, we’re screening all persons at our points of entry . . . yes, we’ve suspended all public gathering including those at nightclubs; yes we have closed down all schools till further notice . . . " the President said in his opening remark during the prayer meeting.
The prayer meeting was to pray for God’s intervention following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus; COVID-19 in the country.
" . . as a Christian, I know the healing power and saving grace of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ because in Him we live, move and have our being," he added.
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com
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Please someone should ask the so called Lawyer Sammy Gyamfi that, what´s the meaning of gathering? hmmmmmm future astute Ghana lawyer indeed, are discotheques places also not gathering of people dancing and drinking? because his party has no message for Ghanaians they try always to make noises out of nothing.
Please Mr President you should also make sure that the money allocated for the fight against the virus is well utilised.
Monkeyy president what about Card registration in the Eastern region? Monkey president
Mr. Pretender, please spare us your pretentious rhetoric.What do you term the on going Ghana Card registration in the Eastern region? If that is not mass gatherings then I wonder what it is. Because a suspension of that exercise will automatically mean a suspension of the ill intended New Voter ID card registration, you have closed your eyes and ears to call for it's suspension. Power at all cost has always being your motto. God is watching you and will surely deal with at His own time.
Why are the form 3 still in school ,they are Ghanaians and they can be infected
I hope we all come to understand why necessary is it for us all to stop mass gathering to prevent this virus from spreading
WHY don't you ban poverty? WHY don't u ban shortage of housing? WHY don't u ban filth? WHY don't u ban poor roads? ...Cheap directives
Prez Keep fighting the Good fight, suspend flights from America, let us for once protect our own first, watch the situation in southern africa, keep your appointees under lock and key ignore the effusions from the ndc, so far they are yet to call one situation right.....so so politics
Massa the NIA is still registering in the Eastern Region. Stop the hypocrisy and lawlessness. It is sad and very nauseating to see such pretence. STOP IT Mr President