Wear your facemask or face the law – Akufo-Addo warns
The President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has warned that sanctions will be meted out to persons who refuse to respect the various protocols put in place by the government to help fight the deadly COVID-19.
According to him, it is noted that in especially regions where there are no recorded cases, citizens there have neglected the various protocols all together especially the wearing of face masks.
The President who made this known in his 16th Address to the country on measures put in place to help fight the deadly Pandemic said “This is not acceptable, as the enhanced hygiene, mask wearing and social distancing protocols must now be central features of our lives, and they must continue to remain so for some time to come, until we see to the elimination of the virus from our country”.
He reminded citizens of the country of the existent sanctions which will be applied since citizens have failed to respect government’s directives on helping to fight the deadly pandemic.
“Let me remind those amongst us, who want to continue to disregard these protocols, that severe sanctions exist in our laws for such persons, who will want to endanger the rest of the population through their actions and negligence. The law enforcement agencies will, where necessary, apply these measures without fear or favour, ill-will or malice, and without recourse to a person’s ethnicity, gender or religion.”
Source: MyNewsGh.com/ Ayeh Offei-Akoto/2020
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