On Saturday 9th May 2020, a political group known as the Patriotic Achievers with members mostly loyal to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) visited the Odorkor and Ofankor markets in Accra to distribute protective nose masks to the Market Women and traders to help prevent further spread of the Coronavirus.
In all, the Patriotic Achievers distributed about 2,000 nose masks at the two markets.
The group has also made it a target to distribute close to 10,000 nose masks with various markets in Accra set to benefit.
Due to the strict observance of social distancing, just a few members of the group in the company of their Acting Chairman Taofik Mohammed, gathered for the health activity.
The gesture, according to the Acting Chairman of the Patriotic Achievers, Taofik Mohammed, was meant to support the markets in order to adhere to strict preventive measures outlined by the President His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Taofik said the group chose the markets for the distribution of the masks because that is where everybody goes to buy foodstuffs for the home.
“There are still a lot of Ghanaians who don’t believe that the disease is in Ghana and we want to use the distribution of nose masks to create the awareness that the disease is truly in Ghana.
He continued “all that we can do in our own small way is to observe all the safety protocols by wearing our nose masks, washing our hands regularly and sanitising our hands regularly as well with Alcohol based Hand Sanitisers.”
The market women and traders on their part expressed their profound appreciation to Chairman Taofik and all executives and members of the Patriotic Achievers.
As at Sunday, Ghana’s case counts of the novel Coronavirus had jumped to 4,700 with the number of recoveries climbing to 494.
