Accra, 23 June, 2020 / 7:00 pm (ACI Africa).
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed his appreciation for members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) and other Church institutions for offering their facilities to be used as COVID-19 isolation and treatment centers across the West African country.
“I thank the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) for their admirable, civic gesture of making available their facility in Ejisu in the Ashanti Region; and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference for agreeing to the use of their facilities across the country as isolation centers in the fight against COVID-19,” President Akufo-Addo said Sunday, June 21.
“These are timely offers, which will ensure that our overall healthcare systems are not unduly burdened and overrun,” the Ghanaian Head of State said during his 12th National Address on COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Following a request from the country’s government, GCBC members, at the beginning of June, offered 13 facilities across the West African nation to be used as COVID-19 isolation centers.
“The Catholic Church in Ghana has agreed to the request and is willing to offer the government our facilities in the various regions for use as isolation centers as our humble contribution to the national fight,” GCBC President, Archbishop Philip Naameh said while offering the facilities.
