A Sunyani-based local manufacturing company, Mckenzie Ghana, has presented protective materials worth GH¢10,000 to two security services in the Bono Region.
The Police and Amoured Regiment of the Third Garrison (3BN) received 250 nose masks each, to be distributed among the security personnel.
The Chief Executive Officer of Mckenzie Ghana, Mr. Michael Asare Yeboah, accompanied by Mr Kwame Anning Frimpong, Managing Director, said the police and military are front-liners in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, and therefore deserved to be protected.
He said the two institutions required public support to strengthen them and boost the morale of the security officials in the discharge of their frontal roles to stem the nationwide spread of the virus.
The Commanding Officer, 154 Armoured Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Kofi Obiri-Yeboah, thanked the company for the support, and appealed for more Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to protect the personnel from contracting the virus.
Chief Superintendent Eric Amartey of the Bono Regional Police Command said, so far, only Mckenzie Ghana has made such a donation to the Command, and appealed to the public to come to their aid.
He indicated that without the PPE, the police personnel remain vulnerable in the fight against the COVID-19, and called for government support.
In a related development, the Sunyani Central Rotary Club has presented personal protective items to the Sunyani Regional Hospital to help fight the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The items included surgical masks, hand sanitisers and gloves.
Speaking at the short ceremony, Kafui Kornu Dominic, President of the club, said the donation formed part of the club’s social responsibility to support the government in the fight against the pandemic, and appealed to the general public to support the fight against the spread of the virus. Receiving the items, Dr. Emmanuel Kofi Amponsah, Chief Executive Officer of the regional hospital, expressed gratitude for the gesture and called on other institutions and philanthropists to emulate the club.
He gave assurance that the hospital is well equipped to take care of COVID-19 patients “even though the region has not recorded any case.”
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