Accra, Ghana, April 22, 2020//-The Caucus for Democratic Governance, Ghana (CDG-Gh) has expressed displeasure with the lifting of the partial by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to contain the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country.
This is contained in a press release issued in Accra by the, Managing Director, CDG-GH, Dr E.K.Hayford.
Reports on public reactions to the lifting of the lockdown on 20th April 2020 are diverse. A neurosurgeon, Dr Mohammed Abdullah, has responded to the lifting of the partial lockdown in Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Kumasi by the President ; describing it as unfortunate and not backed by Science.
Others suggest that the Government approach will keep the virus in Ghana for a longer period. The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has always insisted on a total nationwide lockdown, suggesting it is the way to drive the coronavirus out of Ghana in the shortest possible time.
Much earlier it was recorded that the President was too slow in reacting to the potential dangers of novel coronavirus. When things were getting out of control, he responded with partial lockdown.
Political and economic considerations
“The lesson we learn lead to the consensus that, any attempt to put economic and political considerations above that of COVID-19, will bring us back to square one”, the release warned.
The President before his 7th appearance certainly had many worrying issues on his mind including the COVID-19, it noted.
“How long can he continue to feed the homeless and those taken out of the street and out of their jobs?”
The COVID-19 expenditure is seeking to deplete the government coffers. The badly organized distribution of food by all standards is allegedly helping the spread of coronavirus.
The question is “Sika no wo he” meaning: where is the money? Where is the budgetary allocations granted by Parliament? The group questioned.
Where are the monitory allocations from IMF? Where is the $100 million? Where is the contributions from the COVID-19 Fund? Who is accounting for these monies?
Political arm
For reasons, best known to government, the National Identification Authority (NIA) is badly in a hurry to complete its registration. How long can NIA be stopped from registration?
How long will it take Electoral Commission (EC) to complete training the registration officers, and the new register?
“We are in a process where we run the risk of running in circles instead of moving forward in consensus. In situations where personal and political interest of the ruling elite over shadows the interest of Ghanaians (sinking in the shadow of coronavirus death) we stand to fail as a nation”.
Currently, the country’s COVID-19 total case count has jumped to 1,154 from 1,042 with nine deaths and 120 recoveries.
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