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NPP: It Is Evil And Mischievous To Say Lifting Of Lockdown Was Political

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John Boadu, the General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), has stated that persons making claims that the lifting of lockdown was politically motivated are evil.

The NPP General Secretary, speaking on an Accra–based radio station, said that the decision cannot be politically motivated because only mischievous persons would make such claims.

He explained that President Akufo-Addo would have lifted the ban on forms of social gatherings including political rallies, parties, funerals amongst others.

John Boadu described such individuals as evil, wicked and politically unwise.

He accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of scheming plots against President Akufo-Addo to distract his attention from dealing with the outbreak of the coronavirus.

John Boadu alleged that the NDC has issued a fake memo which contained information announcing the NPP would go to the polls for their presidential and parliamentary primaries.

Lifting the lockdown he hinted was a combination of factors based on data and science available.

He said the economy would have collapsed if the lockdown has not been lifted.

According to the NDC, the decision to lift the partial lockdown in Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi, as well as Kasoa and Tema, is a calculated attempt and politically motivated.

The party believes it’s an attempt by the government to allow the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new register of voters for the 2020 general elections and nothing more.

Sammy Gyamfi, The Communications Director of the NDC wondered: “Why will President Akufo-Addo impose a partial lockdown with the objective of halting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, at a time we had only recorded 137 cases across just four (4) regions of the country and with 5 deaths, but turn around to lift the partial lockdown, at a time our positive case count has galloped to 1,042, across ten (10) regions and with nine (9) deaths?”

However, John Boadu, reacting to these comments slammed the NDC stressing the NDC as a party is evil and wicked to make such suggestions.

“If the president had lifted the lockdown based on political reasons, he would have gone further to lift the ban on funerals, political rallies, festivals and others. But so far as the ban is still in force, it is not motivated by political reason. Unless you lack understanding or you are like the NDC that is only praying for the coronavirus to spread. They only want to divert attention and create mischief. This is diabolic, this is wicked mind and these are people who do not want the country to progress,” he added.

 

John Mahama: My COVID-19 Ideas Directly Handed Over To Akufo-Addo’s Govt

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Former President John Dramani Mahama says all the suggestions he has been making since the Coronavirus entered Ghana, were part of the National Democratic Congress’ COVID-19 Response Team’s paperwork which has already been handed over to the Akufo-Addo government.

In John Mahama’s epistle on Day 20 of the three-week lockdown just a few hours before President Nana Akufo-Addo lifted the restrictions, he said: “I received a suggestion on Facebook last week about reaching out directly to the President with the suggestions I have made in this series of posts”.

“Indeed, many of the recommendations I have made were drawn from the work of my COVID-19 Technical Advisory Team, which has already submitted these proposals to government in the form of two policy papers. The most recent one was delivered on Friday”, John Mahama said.

The flag bearer of the NDC encouraged “all to keep practising the preventive measures such as hand washing with soap under running water, and to continue social-distancing by staying at home”.

John Mahama said: “These are not normal times and we must continue to stick together and united as one nation, one people with one destiny”.

Ghana has, so far, recorded 1,042 cases of the virus with nine deaths and 99 recoveries.

The President, while lifting the three-week lockdown, told Ghanaians in his national address on Sunday, 19 April 2020 that the health authorities are clearing a backlog of some 18,000 COVID-19 samples.

 

Akufo-Addo: Careful Balance Of Factors Informed Lifting Of Partial Lockdown

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, said a careful balance of factors informed the easing of the three-week restriction on movements of persons in Accra, Kumasi, Tema and Kasoa.

According to President Akufo-Addo, the medical initiatives adopted by the Government, coupled with the country’s expanded capacity to trace, test, isolate and quarantine victims of the COVID-19, as well as the demographics of the disease, and the fatality rate, played a major part in the decision to lift the partial lockdown.

During an interaction with the Executive Committee of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) at the Jubilee House, Accra, President Akufo-Addo said the situation at hand counterweighed many factors to arrive at a conclusion and a set of solutions that will benefit the people and protect the country’s economy.

President Akufo-Addo’s meeting with GMA’s Executive Committee was to shed light on the rationale behind the lifting of the lockdown, and deliberate on how Government and the Association can continue to work together in the aftermath of the easing of the movement restrictions.

President Akufo-Addo lifted the partial lockdown of Accra, Kumasi, Tema and Kasoa to stem the spread of the COVID-19 in Ghana.

All other measures, however, to contain the disease, including the ban on public gathering, religious and social activities, closure of borders, and observance of social and physical distancing and protocols on hand washing and hygiene are still in force.

Ghana’s case count as at April 19, 2020, stood at 1,042, with 99 recoveries and nine deaths from a total testing sample of 68,591.

President Akufo-Addo, expressing satisfaction with the level of tracing and testing, which had provided a very large pool of information as to how the disease is unfolding in the country, was emphatic that the capacity to continue to do that was very critical to dealing with the virus in Ghana.

According to him , had Government not taken the decision to aggressively go out and test infected people and their contacts, “we would not have the figures that we are getting today and yet, we would have had those very same people within the population.”

President Akufo-Addo said it was through the results of the testing regime that had given a consistent robust data “that is inspiring our decision.”

He stressed that as President, “I cannot ignore the impact that this lockdown is having on several constituencies of our nation, especially the informal workers, a very important part of our economy, who need to have a day out in the market or otherwise in order to provide for their families, who were having a lot of difficulties.”

President Akufo-Addo lauded the role health workers are playing towards helping to combat the disease.

“You are the very centre of this battle – doctors and the Association of Doctors in our country. You are very, very central to whatever steps we will take to take this country forward,” he told the GMA Executive.

Dr Frank Ankobea, the GMA President, pledged the support of the Association to government’s fight to eliminate the virus from Ghana.

Oppong Nkrumah: Lockdown, Curfew Will Be imposed if Preventive Measures Are Flouted

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Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Information Minister, has warned if Ghanaians flout other measures put in place to stop the spread of the virus and there is a spike of infections, a more draconian measure will be imposed.

On Sunday, the President Nana Akufo-Addo lifted a three-week partial lockdown imposed in the Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi districts.

Some videos that have emerged on social media show some persons jubilating and dancing in celebration for ‘gaining their freedom’ after the President’s announcement.

According to reports, a day after the lifting, large numbers of Ghanaians have flooded town especially the markets.

Unfortunately, most of these people are neither observing the social distancing rule nor wearing masks as directed by the President.

Some pundits have expressed fear that with the lifting of the restriction on movements, there might be community spread.

Speaking to this in an interview on Peace FM, Information Minister, and Kojo Oppong Nkrumah averred that if people refuse to adhere to other measures including social distancing and there is an increase in infections, a total lockdown, and a curfew will be imposed as the President outlined in his address.

“If we continue adhering to the other measures, we don’t expect a spike of infections. The 14 other regions where there was no lockdown, we didn’t see any spike, but if people keep being stubborn, and there is a spike, a lockdown and a curfew will be imposed,” he stated.

 

 

WHO: Lifting of Coronavirus Lockdowns Not End of Pandemic

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Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), has said he is encouraged that several countries are now starting to plan how to ease social restrictions that restricted the movement of their citizens in the phase of COVID-19.

However, the WHO boss has cautioned that the lifting of the “lockdown restrictions is not the end of the epidemic in any country; it’s just the beginning of the next phase”.

It is critical that these measures are a phased process”, the WHO boss said when addressing the G20 Health Ministers virtual meeting held in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, April 19.

The G20 is made up of 19 countries and the European Union. The 19 countries are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the UK and the US.

The Director-General of the WHO said it was vital in the next phase that countries educate, engage and empower their people to prevent and respond rapidly to any resurgence;

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus explained that countries would have to ensure they have the capacity to detect, test, isolate and care for everyone , and trace every contact; and to ensure their health systems have the capacity to absorb any increase in cases.

Therefore, he called for urgent support to enable countries to respond to the pandemic, and to ensure that other essential health services continued.

According to WHO, it would continue to fulfil its mandate to coordinate the global response, working with partners to save lives.

He, however, stated that one of the biggest challenges “we face in Africa and other countries is the critical shortage of supplies, and the ability to deliver them because of weak supply chains.”

The WHO, nevertheless, said it was working with International Chamber of Commerce and the B20 group of business leaders from the G20 countries to increase the production and equitable distribution of the life-saving tools including PPEs.

“Through the United Nations Supply Chain Task Force, we’re working with the World Food Programme and other partners to distribute personal protective equipment to countries all over the world”, he added.

He also requested countries to continue to fight the pandemic with determination, guided by science and evidence; and asked the G20 countries to continue to support the global response to COVID-19.

“We echo President Ramaphosa’s appeal on behalf of the African Union to G20 countries to support African countries with stimulus packages and debt relief so they can focus on fighting the pandemic”.

“We call on all G20 countries to work together to increase the production and equitable distribution of essential supplies, and to remove trade barriers that put health workers and their patients at risk”.

 

Dr Nsiah-Asare: About 15,000 Ghanaians Could Die From Coronavirus

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Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, the Presidential Advisor on Health, has said about 15,000 people may die from the deadly coronavirus based on a model generated for the infectious disease in Ghana.

Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare’s revelation comes after President Akufo-Addo on Sunday, April 19, 2020, lifted the partial lockdown in Greater Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Greater Kumasi.

In an interview Dr Nsiah-Asare indicated that 10% of the Ghanaian population may probably test positive for the virus before the country’s case count on coronavirus gets to the peak of the infection.

According to Dr Nsiah-Asare, out of the 10% of Ghanaians who are likely to contract the disease, a lot of the cases are likely to be asymptomatic.

He said, “We expect that about 10% of the population may be infected and out of the 10% of the population 80% may not show signs or symptoms at all and 5% of them will be very ill. That is the projection.”

A former director general of Ghana Health Service . made these comments on Accra-based station, Joy FM on Tuesday, April 21, 2020.

With Ghana having a population of about 30 million people, 10% of this population is 3,000,000. Meaning, 3,000,000 Ghanaians may contract the virus.

5% of the projected three million infections falling seriously sick means that about 150, 000 will fall within this group.

Out of the 150,000 people whose case will be critical, 10% will be fatal; meaning 15,000 deaths will be recorded.

However, Dr Nsiah-Asare noted that a new model of projections may not strictly apply to Ghana due to the dynamics of cases recorded in the country.

“If you look at the cases that we are seeing, the cases that are getting critical are very, very small…it means, we have a situation where this hypothesis may be the case in Ghana,” he highlighted.

Currently, Ghana’s coronavirus case count is 1,042 with 99 persons recovered and 9 deaths.

Mubarak Wakaso: NPP-NDC Politics Behind Black Stars Trophy Drought

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According to Ghana’s midfielder Mubarak Wakaso, he believes the two biggest political parties in Ghana, thus NPP and NDC, are partly to be blamed for the country’s 38-year trophy drought.

The Ghana Black Stars have not won a continental title since 1982 when they lifted the Africa Cup of Nations for the fourth time.

Ghana has since come close on three occasions, burned and crushed on the cusp of lifting the title in 1992, 2010 and 2015.

Mubarak Wakaso, who is one of the longest members of the current Black Stars squad, feels the rivalry between the two major parties is fighting against the team’s title-winning chances.

According to him, the national team does not get the full ‘moral’ support from the two main political parties because of their own agendas.

Mubarak Wakaso told Angel TV: ”I will speak the truth today. Do you know our problem about the game?

”Maybe we know but we don’t want to say it. But I think politics ruins the Blacks Stars at times. When NDC is in power, NPP doesn’t want us to win and vice versa.”

 

 

Part of Television Rights Deal Paid By StarTimes, Premier League Clubs Get $5,000 Each

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Television rights holder, StarTimes, has boosted the Ghana Premier League by a windfall as each club in the top-flight has received $5,000 as part payment of the rights deal.

The money from StarTimes comes as a massive boost for the 18 clubs in the top-flight in these hard times due to the coronavirus pandemic effect, which has brought about the lack of activity biting negatively, affecting the finances of clubs in Ghana.

A notice has been sent by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to clubs that part of their much-needed sponsorship deal money with Chinese broadcasters StarTimes has been received.

$5,000 has been credited to the bank accounts of clubs at a time that they are struggling to pay the salaries of their players when they have been inactive for nearly one month.

Because of the government’s order, football matches in the country has been postponed indefinitely to prevent social gathering and prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus disease.

Kingsley Osei Bonsu, the Chairman of Bechem United, who is also an Executive Council member of the GFA, confirmed that the GFA has told his club about the $5,000 from StarTimes.

“As a chairman of Bechem United, I received a message from the GFA’s General Secretary, Lawyer Prosper Harrison Addo that Startimes have paid part of their sponsorship deal into our (FA’s) account,” Lord Zico said.

“Is true there is something like that {we’ve received such an amount} and am sure once I have been informed, the General Secretary will, therefore, inform all the clubs.”

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced StarTimes as winners of the bid on 8 January, 2020.

The Chinese pay-tv operators emerged winners of the competitive bidding process after the GFA accepted their offer, which was the best among other bids.

A five-year agreement will be signed by StarTimes with the GFA worth $5.25m US Dollars to be the exclusive Television Rights owner of the Ghana Premier League and the FA Cup with immediate effect.

 

 

KP Boateng: Era Of Players Being Sold For €200 Million Will Seize After Coronavirus

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Kevin-Prince Boateng, former AC Milan striker, has said that the culture of selling players for €200 million and over will seize for long while because of the Coronavirus pandemic.

An unbearable economic hardship has been brought on the world by the Coronavirus pandemic and all sectors are feeling the heat, including the football industry.

Most football clubs, with football activities all over the world suspended for a little over a month, have negotiated with their players to agree on a salary cut during this period of hardship.

According to Kevin-Prince Boateng , the era of clubs spending huge monies to purchase a player for €200 million will seize for a long while due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He said “I think the coronavirus will result in a reduction in the salaries and market prices of football players as a result,”

“We won’t see one sold for €200 million for a very long time.”

“The economic crisis would make it impossible for clubs to continue to charge such high prices.”

Paris Saint Germain spent €222 to trigger Neymar’s buyout clause from Barcelona in 2017 to secure the signature of the Brazilian for a world record.

Kevin-Prince Boateng currently plies his trade in Italy for Turkish outfit Besiktas.

Broke GFA To Division One Clubs: Wait For Fifa COVID-19 Fund

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Television right owners of the Ghana Premier League (GPL), Startimes Ghana Limited, has paid the Ghana Football Association (GFA) an amount of $100,000 as part payment of their sponsorship deal with the association.

$90,000, out of the total amount paid to GFA, has been shared to the 18 Ghana Premier League clubs, with each of them receiving $5,000 from the GFA.

The package to the GFA has come to reduce the financial constraints of the clubs due to the widespread of the COVID-19 disease.

Members of the Division One League also expected the GFA to come to their aid. However, sources indicate they are yet to receive any stimulus package from the GFA despite approaching them.

The GFA, however, is in line to receive some financial assistance from Fifa, as the world football governing body plans to set up a fund to mitigate the financial implications of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A member of the Division One League Board, who spoke to a radio station on condition of anonymity, revealed that the GFA has asked them to wait for Ghana’s share of the Fifa forward funds.

“They gave $90,000 out of the $100,000 to the premier league clubs so I asked an EXCO member who is on the GFA Finance committee that I thought there would have been some parachute payment to the DOL clubs because we have no sponsor and the FA has a responsibility to keep us afloat,” he said.

He further continued that: “They said there was no money and I pleaded that even if it’s not from the StarTimes money because we are all under pressure.

“Anyway there’s some money coming ie.the FIFA Forward money which fortunately FIFA President in consultation with the big wigs have agreed to waive all conditions that will make a nation eligible to access the fund.

“I understand DOL will get our fair share because we had no share in the Startimes money.

“Yes on our platform, people are asking questions.”

 

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