Parliamentary candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, John Dumelo has expressed disappointment at the decision by the government to lift the partial lockdown in some areas in Accra, Kasoa and Kumasi.
The candidate, in an interview on Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5fm, opined that the cases of covid-19 will increase due to the decision taken.
The lockdown, he explained, was imposed to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus and considering the number of cases recorded, it would have been prudent for authorities to have extended the lockdown.
He said the virus moves when people move and so by lifting the lockdown, you want the number of infections to increase.
In his personal view, the celebrated actor said our health facilities, personal protective equipment (PPEs) are woefully inadequate to manage an escalation of cases.
"If we don’t take care, the number of infections will increase, and when the cases increase, are we adequately prepared to manage the increase? I don’t think the lifting of the lockdown was a step in the right direction,” he added.
Also, the actor dispelled claims that the constituency is dominated by the elite. Mr. Dumelo indicated although there are some elites in the constituency, the deprived persons are more.
He pointed out the number of persons living in kiosk in the constituency are far more than those in ”big buildings”. He stressed the need for such people to be supported so they will have better opportunities.
Meanwhile, the candidate says he has put in place a structure to identify small businesses in the area and give them soft loans to expand their business. The actor says he has voted 200,000 cedis to assist struggling small scale businesses.
He observed the Covid-19 outbreak including the partial lockdown in parts of the country has negatively affected many businesses in the Ayawaso West constituency.
The amount will be disbursed to traders who are mostly engaged in ‘hands to mouth’ businesses as interest-free loans to cushion them in the midst of the deadly coronavirus which is causing businesses to flounder.
Source: Rainbowradioonline.com
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. Please report any inappropriate content to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority. |
Massa you can go and lock down yourself till next year nobody is asking you to go out by force
Ooooh so ndc were going to use the COVID-19 sharing of food as a campaign message ? Hahahahahahahahaha moawi gya ! See how it has pained and confused them after the ban was lifted? Every ndc idi*ot is talking about why the ban was lifted because mahama and his team were sharing food instead of bringing ideas dadi*ama shegushegu! Now ndc what next? I'm happy Ghana has a president who is always ahead of things, the president said we need to be ahead of the coronavirus not the coronavirus being ahead of us and he is always ahead of the ndc getting them confused and wandering aimlessly ! John Dumelo think politics is about celebrity and actor or actresses hw3 your mentor is not popular with the people as a good leader he is known as create loo00*00t and share,airbus, Turkey energy company Aksa eeeeeeee ndcfuo ho aniwu papa ! Even their azar 419 is not left in Ghana but globally. Wow!
confused party and people...NDC criticized the lockdown through their Gen Sec when it was instituted. they are now criticizing again for it being lifted. we thank God we have Akufo Addo as the President of Ghana at this time - decisive, firm, strategic, rational and straight leaders.
See this one too... Do you think it is receiving of state 4x4 car for free. Who will vote for this one as MP. Tweaaa