The Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Charity Foundation, together with USAID, has shown readiness to help fight the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the Ahafo Region due to the rate at which it was spreading.
This was revealed when the executives of the two bodies paid a courtesy call to the chiefs and assembly members of Kenyasi No.1 Traditional Area to discuss the best way to fight the disease, which has currently infected 36 persons in the Asutifi North District where Kenyasi is situated.
A member of the team, Nana Dabo Agyekum, disclosed that Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene and also the Founder of Charity Foundation, has decided to assist all communities within his kingdom in the curbing the spread of the novel Coronavirus, and the first step to achieving this task was by meeting the chiefs and assembly members who represent the residents.
According to him, the outcome of the deliberations would be forwarded to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to pave way for the second step to commence, where the team will meet the entire community in a form of mini durbar with COVID-19 protocols and directives by the President in mind, to further share genuine concerns of the disease and how to effectively fight it.
He stated that his team was extremely overwhelmed, per the facts and figures the chiefs and assembly members shared at the meeting on the disease, showing clearly that with a little push the spread of the Coronavirus in Kenyasi could be halted.
Nana Dabo Agyekum commended them for providing several interventions such as education, and supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) among others, to the people in the fight, and pleaded with them to continue with the sensitisation to keep residents free from the COVID-19, which has infected 116 persons in the Ahafo Region within a short space of time, and was a worrying situation to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
Some of the chiefs and assembly members interviewed after the meeting thanked the Asantehene for such an initiative, which is of a major boost to the community concerning the fight against the deadly disease.
According to them, the only missing item to help in the fight was the lack of directives enforcement.
They explained that most residents in the community, and the region as a whole, are not enforced to adhere to the wearing of face masks once they are out from their homes, which was a worrying situation.
Chiefs, assembly members, individuals and companies have distributed a number of face masks to the people, but, unfortunately, when they are out, you do not see them wearing the protective gear and their reasons are not tangible.
“Soon the police will team up with the task force to punish such persons for sanity to thrive,” they said.
They appealed to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to extend the initiative to other parts of the region to help fight the disease, although the government was handling things.
The meeting, which highly adhered to all COVID-19 protocols and was held at the forecourt of the palace, allowed them to share ideas on the disease for an effective fight.
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