Accra, April 16 – The Aburaman Development Caucus has presented assorted logistics worth more than 10,000 Ghana cedis to the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankesse (AAK) District Health Directorate to help fight the Coronavirus pandemic.
The items includes Gun Thermometers, sets of Cover all, packs of Tissues, boxes of N 95, boxes of Examination Gloves, gallons of Hand Sanitizers and snapsack spraying machines.
The rest are boxes of liquid soap, boxes of surgical mask, pairs of warranting boots and sets of Veronica buckets; all estimated to cost 10,420 Ghana cedis, the Aburaman Development Caucus said in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday.
It said the items were handed over to the AAK District Health Director, Mrs Gifty Ankrah, by Nana Nkweifi VIII, the Acting President of Abura State in the presence of Nana Asiedu Kwakwa Mpuntuhen of Edukrom and Chairman of the Fundraising Committee as well as assembly members and other royals.
Presenting the items, Nana Nkweifi VIII, said the gesture was part of efforts by the Aburaman Development Caucus to support efforts by state institutions to tackle the deadly virus.
He said Nananom and the people of the area would work collectively and also cooperate with frontline workers to stave off the spread of the virus in the District.
The District Health Director, Mrs Ankrah, who received the items on behalf of the hospital, expressed profound gratitude to the Development Caucus, Nana Nkweifi VIII and Abura Nananom for their “swift and timely” intervention.
However, she called for more support to help equip health workers in the District to prevent and contain the coronavirus spread.
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