A
special meeting to brief heads of religious and educational institutions on the
government’s directives on the reopening of schools and churches was held across
the municipality.
A
cross section of participant at the programme
The
Municipal Director for Education, Mrs. Mabel Botokro in her opening address
said that through the goodness of God and the efforts of the President and his
government, issues of corona virus has been well contained in our country and
due to that, the government has eased restrictions to allow some church activities and
educational activities to resume. Talking about education, she mentioned some
of the measures put in place by the ministry of education in consultation with
GES and other key stakeholders.
Mrs.
Botokro said all educational institutions will be opened for only final year students
across the country and mentioned that all extra-curricular activities have been
banned in schools to keep students safe, class sizes has been reduced to 25 in
a class. Personal protective equipment will be provided for all students, class
hours has been reduced, among many other measures that has been put in place to
ensure students safety till they write their final exams.
The
Municipal Director for Education, Mrs. Mabel Botokro speaking the gathering
Ending
her address, she urged parents and all stakeholders to do their parts to ensure
that Ahafo region does not record a case of corona virus.
The
Municipal Director for Health, Dr. Peter Asare, said the earlier reports of a
Covid-19 patient having contact with people in our municipality was true but a
contact tracing and after the test was
conducted, the results came out negative, meaning, Tano South Municipal and
Ahafo region as a whole has not recorded any Covid-19 case yet. He added that,
health workers in the municipality have been well trained and equipped to face
this pandemic. He continued that, the pandemic will obviously stay with us for
a while and pleaded with the people to practice the safety measures put in
place by the government, he continued by advising churches on how to have their
church services without putting their members at risk.
He
ended his address by reiterating his outfit’s readiness and commitment to
protecting the people of Tano South and Ghana as a whole and urged all the
people to call on them anytime need may be.
The
Municipal Chief Executive for Tano South Municipal, Hon. Collins Takyi Offinam
in his speech welcomed them and told the gathering that the government isn’t
pleased with the hardship Ghanaians have had to endure due to the outbreak of
the covid – 19 pandemic and it is doing everything within its power to protect
lives and also make life a bit easier for Ghanaians. He said this is one of the
MCE
for Tano South Hon. Collins Takyi Offinam education the gathering
reasons
that informed the government’s decision to ease restrictions, he said the
easing of restrictions was necessary since the restrictions though important
wasn’t really helping majority of Ghanaians.
He
advised religious leaders to accept that we are not in normal times so they
must heed to the directives that came with the opening of places of worship,
such as disinfecting their places as often as required, observing social
distancing protocols, amongst others.
He
ended by thanking health workers and all the people in the municipality for
their efforts in ensuring that the municipal and Ahafo haven’t recorded any
case yet. He urged them to keep up the good work and help Ghana fight the
covid-19 pandemic.
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