The minister of Communication and member of Parliament for Ablekuma west,Ursula Owusu -Ekuful as part of activities to mark the Easter festivities in her constituency has shared bags of rice, and cooking oil among other items, to some vulnerable residents in the Ablekuma West Municipality.
The minister first point of call was Tunga, a predominantly Muslim community in the municipality; the minister expressed her disappointment to see how children and elderly were flouting the lockdown directives especially concerning social distancing.
It may be recalled that sometime last week, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced certain measures to mitigate the effect of the partial lockdown directive being observed in the Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi metropolitan areas.
The measures which include the provision of water for all residents and discounts on electricity has been hailed and applauded by well meaning Ghanaians as a step in the right direction to alleviate the suffering of the vulnerable as the country battles the pandemic.
Madam Ursula Owusu and her team later used the occasion to inspect a 10 kilometre road under construction from SSNIT down to the Sakaman-Mallam road.
The minister also shared over thousand bags of rice to the elderly people in the community and advised the residents to take the pandemic seriously since the constituency has recorded seven people confirmed with the covid-19.
