Coronavirus: Amasaman NPP Parliamentary Candidate donates items to aid fight

The Parliamentary Candidate of the New Patriotic Party for Amasaman Constituency, Akwasi Afrifa-Mensa, has donated assorted items to several communities and public places in the Constituency to help fight against the spread of COVID-19.

The move is a gesture to aid in the fight against the spread of the disease in his constituency and also help in sensitizing and educating the public on the measures taken by the government.

Akwasi Afrifa-Mensa is undertaking the exercise with support from the Constituency Executives led by Chairman Ofori-Asante, Constituency Secretary, Samuel Acquah-Young and other top party functionaries in the constituency.

Items distributed included over 70 Veronica buckets with their metal stands, water receptacles as basins (bowls), tissue papers, large size liquid soaps as well as over 1,000 hand sanitizers.

Public areas visited included the Ga-West Municipal Hospital, main Amasaman Lorry Station & Taxi Ranks, Amasaman Divisional and District Police Stations, main Amasaman markets and markets along the Nsawam-Accra road, Amasaman Fire Service Station, most Okada Stations and Taxi Ranks across the 17 electoral areas of the constituency.

In his address, the PC stated that the fight against the pandemic was a shared responsibility and encouraged the public to spread the message of calm and hope, and not fear. He reiterated government's e effort in managing the situation and admonished all to stick strictly to the directives and measures taken by the Nana Addo government.

He gave the assurance that several other initiatives which impact directly on the lives of people were his concern and he would do even more when given the mandate to represent the people as their Member of Parliament come December 7.

The exercise is still ongoing and expected to end only when all major "spots" have been served.