DONATED COVID-19 ITEMS WOULD NOT BE SOLD OUT IN MY REGION UNDER MY LEADERSHIP- UPPER WEST REGIONAL MINISTER.
The Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih has assured that various COVID-19 items donated to support the fight against the novel disease in the region would not be sold out by any institution in the region under his leadership as the Regional Minister. The Minister gave this assurance when a team belonging to an association known as the Freemason, Grand Lodge of Ghana paid a courtesy call him in his office today. The Grand Lodge of Ghana is an association and charitable organization in Ghana and the world at Large.
The District Grand Lodge of Ghana (EC) Isaac O. Hood in a brief remark to the Regional Minister, indicated that, as part of the fight against the novel Corona virus disease in Ghana, the charitable organization has been donating items to some health facilities to support the fight against the pandemic. Notable among places they donated to support the fight against COVID-19 include, the Mampong Herbal center, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research where they donated an ultra-low freezer and test kits to support their work. The next place the association donated some items was the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research where they donated another ultra-low freezer and test kits and finally a donation to support the Manshia Palace humanitarian project.
A team from the association has come to the Upper West Region to donate some PPEs to the Regional Hospital to support the fight against COVID-19. The PPEs include, Nose masks, Aprons and Hand sanitizers. The Minister, appreciated their kind gesture to the region, stating that the donation would go a long way to assist the Regional Hospital in the fight against COVID-19. He assured that the items would be put to good use, adding that ” let me assure you that COVID-19 items would not sold out in any Institution in this Region like it happened elsewhere in Ghana in a BBC investigative piece I watched today. I would make sure the items donated to the region to support the fight against COVID-19, are used for its intended purpose”.