Accra, May 06, GNA – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, through the Ministries of Information and Health, has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to support media practitioners in the fight against COVID-19.
The donation includes 5000 pieces of locally manufactured face masks and 5000 pieces of hand gloves.
It is in fulfilment of part of a request made by the leadership of media bodies to the President to support frontline media workers with PPE when he engaged them as part of the COVID-19 response programme.
The media bodies engaged were Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), the National Media Commission (NMC), Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA), the Private Newspapers Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG).
The meeting was also attended by the heads of state-owned media organisations.
Presenting the items to the leadership of the media, a Deputy Minister for Information, Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei, praised the media for their immense contributions to national development, especially in the fight against COVID-19 and their constant education on the preventive protocols.
“You have been a true partner in this campaign and we are grateful and will continue to support you in any way we can,” she said.
She reiterated the Government’s commitment towards ensuring the safety and protection of media practitioners as they stepped out to update and educate Ghanaians in these crucial times.
Mr Affail Monney, President of the GJA, who received the items on behalf of the leadership of the media bodies, thanked the President for fulfilling his pledge.
”I believe this will also energise us to go the extra mile and help serve our nation to defeat this pandemic, which is impacting devastatingly on all of us,” he said.
Present at the ceremony were Mr Alexander Bannerman, Deputy Executive Secretary of National Media Commission, Ms Gloria Hiadze, Executive Secretary of GIBA and Mrs Linda Asante-Agyei, Vice President of GJA.
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