World Health Organisation has revealed that African countries battling the the novel covid 19 pandemic must adopt a tailored, comprehensive decentralised approach and mechanism to nib the spread of the disease in the bud.
Updated reports in Africa have confirmed about 10,000 cases of the pandemic, with South Africa, South Sudan and Zimbabwe are leapfrogging countries within the sub region which are endemic by the coronavirus.
However, Ghana has since recorded about 641 cases of the covid 19, with 8 deaths, amid a partial lockdown, in 8 regions which have been forecasted as possible flash points in the country, where the virus have the tendency to strive, if human and vehicular movements in these areas are not curtailed or restricted.
The Greater Accra Region, Ashanti, Tema, as well as Parts of Kasoa in the central region are among key regions where movements have been restricted, in an attempt to check the spread of the virus.
The leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by the National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, together with some members of the party’s covid 19 technical team, and political parties in the country honoured invitation by President Akufo Addo to deliberates on measures, and viable methodologies needed to deal with the pandemic, which has halted most of the country’s socio economic activities.
Meanwhile, National Chairman, Hon Samuel Ofosu Ampofo justified the need to include chiefs and opinion leaders into the affairs of the covid 19 management and operations.
Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo use the presidential engagement to underscore the importance and role of the traditional authorities in crises management, and stressed on the need to consider any proposal which seeks to integrate chiefs in the decentralisation system in the country.
The NDC presented a working document, and blue print on covid 19 as well as the mitigation measures which ought to be adopted by the Akufo Addo led government in the wake to neutralise the spread of the pandemic in the country.
The prepositions by the Flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, and leadership of the NDC, to include chiefs (Nananom) into the structure of the covid 19 taskforce, is an affirmation of the roles and unwavering commitment by the main opposition party towards ensuring the the coronavirus is eradicated from the confines of the country.
Former President John Dramani Mahama, recently donated Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) to the tune of ¢390,000 to some major hospitals and district health posts across the country. Key among these health facilities were the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Tamale Teaching Hospital, as well as isolation centres within some municipal and metropolitan areas.
The NDC National Executives, led by the National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, including members of the technical team of covid 19 in the party, have also made similar donations and distributed PPEs to major town, communities and cities to empathise with the Town folks, and residents living in and around the suburbs where restrictions have been enforced by the security agencies.
The World Health Organisation has noted that for countries within the sub region to win the fight against the coronavirus, they must enshrine the doctrine of decentralisation into the operational manual by affected countries of the disease to deal expeditiously with the Pandemic respectively.
Nana Dogbe / Ahotoronline.com / Ahotor news
