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Covid-19 Trust Fund
receives over GH¢44 Million
BY WILBERFORCE ASARE
THE COVID-19 National
Trust Fund set up by the government
to receive donations
from institutions and individuals
in the country to augment
the efforts of the state in the fight against
the spread of Covid-19 in Ghana, has so
far received about GH¢44, 900,000.00 in
donations since it was established by an
Act of Parliament (Act 1013).
The Chairperson of the Fund made the
disclosure when she addressed a brief ceremony
held at the forecourt of the offices
of the Fund at the Jubilee House, Point
Six, to release 12 vehicles donated to the
Fund to treatment centres and testing laboratories
which are at the forefront of the
country's fight against the Covid-19.
Chairperson of fund
Retired Lady Chief Justice Sophia
Akuffo stated that the trust had so far received
GH¢44,900,000.00 in donations and
that the Board of Trustees would ensure
the transparent use of same.
She urged the general public to respect
and adhere to all the social distancing and
prevention protocols announced by the
Ghana Health Service in order to ensure
that “we protect each other as a people.
"We are happy to announce that the
Fund has so far, in addition to generous
gifts in kind, the details of which we’re
more than willing to share with any interested
person, received an amount of GH¢
• Lady Chief Justice (Rtd) Sophia Akuffo
• Some of the donated vehicles for the Covid-19 Trust Fund
44,900,000.00). The Board of Trustees will
ensure the judicious and transparent application
of all monies and other resources
received for their intended purposes."
Request for vehicles
Justice Akuffo further called on other
automobile companies in Ghana to donate
more four wheeled vehicles to the Fund in
order to support its planned agenda to furnish
all regional hospitals with ‘4X4 cars.’
Minister in charge of SIGA
Minister of State in charge of State Interest
and Governance Authority, Kwaku
Afriyie, in his welcome remarks, urged the
receiving institutions to use the vehicles effectively
to support the country's battle
against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vehicles
The vehicles presented were 10 Cobalt
LTZ Chevrolet Cruize saloon cars, one
Mitsubishi L200 pick up and one NP 300
Hardbody Nissan pick-up.
Receiving institutions
The list of receiving institutions and
centres mentions Zinal Public Health Isolation
Centre Laboratory (ZPHL), Kumasi
Centre for Collaborative Research, Central
Care Management Team, University of
Health and Allied Sciences, Covid-19 Testing
Centre and the Pentecost Convention
Hospital Isolation Centre.
The rest are the Tamale National Public
Health Laboratory, University of Ghana
Medical Centre, LEKMA Hospital, Kumasi
South Regional Hospital, Veterinary
Division Laboratory, National Public
Health Reference Laboratory (NPHRL)
Korle-Bu and the Tema General Hospital.
Community gets borehole
• Stops drinking from bilharzia-infected river
RESIDENTS OF Baware, a farming
community in the Okere District
of the Eastern Region, now
have a GH₡90,000.00 mechanised
borehole facility automated to
pump and store water half a kilometer
to a basic school in the community.
The borehole is part of the
Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
(RWASH) project being implemented
in 36 communities in
Eastern,Central and Volta regions
by Plan International Ghana.
The intervention by the nongovernmental
organisation has
come at a time access to safe water
supply to keep personal hygiene in
the wake of coronavirus pandemic