Ranking Member on the Parliamentary Committee on Health, Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, says he is struggling to make something meaningful out of President Akufo-Addo's 7th COVID-19 update to Ghanaians on Sunday.
Assessing the president's address, the NDC stalwart opined that the decision to lift the restrictions on movement in areas earmarked as epicentres of the pandemic, cannot be one backed by science, but more on political lines.
To him, going by the figures, which shows an ascendency in the recorded number of cases in 10 out of 16 regions, it was scientifically wrong to lift the partial lockdown.
“...clearly, where we have reached now the virus is still spreading to other regions. We have realised that at least, every three days the virus spreads to the extent that it has now reached 10 regions when we started with only two regions. So what it tells you is that the virus is still spreading”.
“When the lockdown started, the country has recorded less than 200 cases and when the President was speaking, he said his action was backed by science. So, now where is the science in this current action of the president; the science being in the figures of the cases we have recorded?” he quizzed.
Power Corrupts
Speaking on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning on Monday April 20, 2020, the Juaboso MP posited that the president's decision buttresses the fact that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
“With this President we have, from today onwards, if anyone says he can do anything in this country, I will never doubt that person; he is capable of doing anything and everything under the universe...the country belongs to all us and it is not for one person”, he opined.
Unscientific, Purely Political
To him, the decision is not based on any scientific data but purely political, pointing out that the President should have known the difference between the need for a lockdown and the issue of social intervention and proportionate distribution.
“We extended the lockdown when the figures were 144 but now we have recorded over 1000 cases with over 15,000 outstanding samples to be tested...and yet the President has lifted the lockdown. If you look at the mathematics, where is the science that the President said he based his decisions on?...I am struggling to make sense out of this....
“...From where I sit, I see it that it is purely a political decision taken by the President. Quite apart from that, there is no science in it because if some areas in a region record less than 30 cases and less than 20 cases and the President locks down these areas and another area records above 50 cases but such an area is not lockdown even for a minute and you tell me it is based on science, I am struggling to see the science in it....
“If you introduce social intervention and we find out that the distribution is not transparent, we have every right to complain and that doesn’t mean that you must flare up. It is wrong for you to say that since your child refused to stay inside then he should go out and die. Up to now, I have not been able to make anything out of what the President said yesterday,” he indicated.
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YOU HAVE NEVER MADE SENSEEEE IN ANYTHING. WHY DO YOU WANT TO TRY IT NOW. COVID-19 IS A COMPLICATED MATTER. YOU DONT QUALIFY TO MAKE ANY MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION. DONT BOTHER TO DO IT BECAUSE WE DONT EXPECT IT.
YOU CAN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE YOU ARE ***barred word*** ***barred word***
That address was not meant for dining hall prefects. No wonder you did not understand. NDC is full of illiter*tes and bl*ckheads. The bad news is that nobody in your party understood it. You need free SHS. Ofu*
YES, YOU CAN'T MAKE SENSE FROM IT BECAUSE YOU SEEM NOT TO HAVE ONE
so such a thing too is in the parliament of ghana? ah ndc the party is gradually dying with such buffooons communicating for the party
How much money has this dinning hall prefect giving the media that you continue to pay attention to this dinning hall prefect busy for nothing MP.
@ Yaa Ketewa does not understand the dynamics ampa. There was a shutdown for 50 positive cases so that those who the 50 have come into contact with could be speedily traces before those infect others to raise the numbers. The result is the 1043. Yaa Ketewa stop making the ***barred word*** noise and allow yourself to be tutored.
yaa ketewa Read this "The data shows, and the scientists explained that the dynamics of the virus in Ghana and Africa in general is very different from what we are seeing in the west. Most cases in Ghana (94%) have either mild or no symptoms. The transition from mild to severe or critical cases or death is not happening at the rate that we are seeing in the West. We have only 9 deaths so far. California alone for example, has over 1200 deaths. Our population is also much younger than that of the West and this may mean we have stronger immunity. Furthermore, the warmer climate may also be helping us. the data has been quite robust over the last three weeks. 98.5% of people tested continue to be negative! Our policy cannot be driven by the 1.5%. Another two or three weeks will not have made any difference to the analysis. The decision was based on science and not politics."
Yaa ketewa understand not everyone is as ***barred word*** as you to make sense out of st*upidity if sn ndc mp whose career was a dinning hall prefect and couldnt understand the English the President of the republic of Ghana spoke, in any case he didnt speak for the ndc to understand because he spoke to Ghanaians not ndc. You see how Ghanaians are angry and responding to this gy*imifuo kuras*eni mp ? Akando should understand Ghanaians are done with his evil party and with people with low IQ like him. Ndc footsoldiers everyday keep on threatening to stop following ndc and defect to the npp because of st*upid communication like this. When npp was in opposition they took their time to explain things better to Ghanaians with sensible people like Mr Boakye Agyarko, the late Hon. Kyeremateng Agyarko, Hon. Kokofu, Sir John, Hon Afenyo Markin, Sammy Awuku, John Boadu and a host of sensible people who made submissions to the understanding of the Ghanaian people who got convinced and loved the party more to earn them massive victory even in opposition and look at people in the ndc always annoying Ghanaians with their st*upid thinking and making their party unattractive.
You can't make sense out of it because you are not S e n s I b l e enough.