The Minority Ranking Member on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa wants President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo blamed for the recorded COVID-19 cases in Ghana.
He claims when the pandemic started in China, the Akufo-Addo government sat aloof and even neglected its citizens in Wuhan when other countries were taking measures to contain it.
In an interview with the media, the North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP) is convinced if the government had evacuated the students and strictly adhered to World Health Organisation evacuation protocols, “we would all be safe.”
“No Ghanaian student in Wuhan has tested positive for coronavirus so how would they have infected us? It is rather the floodgates we opened for all kinds of people to come in that brought us where we are,” he said on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen program.
“It didn’t make sense that we were refusing to evacuate our nationals yet foreigners were coming in droves,” he added.
Mr. Ablakwa said though they will support the government in the fight, our current situation is self-inflicted.
So far, 16 people have tested positive and the Ministry of Health has also given an indication that the number could rise given the number of people at the various isolation centers across the country.
Source: MyNewsGh
