#Covid-19: John Boadu gives to underprivileged

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu on Sunday, April 5, 2020, donated some relief items including several bags of rice and an undisclosed amount of money to various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in the Greater Accra Region.

The items, according to him, were meant for distribution to the underprivileged in the region regardless of their political affiliations to support them to cope with difficulties and hardships occasioned by the partial lockdown of the capital city to help curtail the spread of the deadly coronavirus disease.

The items were received on behalf of each MMDA by the respective MMDCEs and in some cases, by Members of Parliament and some constituency executives of the party, who, thereupon, thanked the NPP chief scribe for his generosity and promised to use the items for the intended purpose.

In his interaction with the people, the NPP General Secretary reiterated the commitment of the NPP and the government of President Akufo-Addo to provide the needed relief to Ghanaians particularly the underprivileged at all times and more so, during this period of lockdown.

To this end, he said, the party would continue to distribute various relief items to ameliorate the people’s suffering in these trying times. He also said that the party would, within the week, replicate the gesture in the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area and its contiguous districts which are also under a partial lockdown.

John Boadu also used the occasion to educate the people on some safety tips in order to avoid contracting the deadly COVID-19, which disease has, thus far, been declared as the World’s greatest threat to the human race.

Consistent with the campaign against the disease, John Boadu admonished the people to regularly wash their hands with soap under running water; use alcohol-based sanitizers to rub their hands; live a healthy lifestyle and also observe the social distancing protocols announced by President Akufo-Addo and health experts.

John Boadu was accompanied, on this tour, by some regional executives of the NPP in the Greater Accra Region led by the Regional Chairman, Divine Otoo Agorhom.