The Chief Executive Officer of the Coastal Development Authority (CODA), Lawyer Jerry Ahmed Shaib has donated five thousand (5,000) pieces of facemasks and one hundred and fifty (150) bottles of hand sanitizers to the Greater Accra Association of Assembly Members (GAAM) to help in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana.
According to the CEO, the Authority took the initiative as part of measures of curbing the spread.
He said the Authority is distributing facemasks and hand sanitizers across the Coastal Development Zone which is made up of one hundred and nine (109) constituencies under the six (6) regions.
He advised the assembly members to continue educating their constituents within their respective assembly areas to continue observing the safety protocols.
He promised the Authority will continue to render its support in order to achieve economic and social development in the Coastal Development Zone.
He took the opportunity to motivate the assembly members to work assiduously in ensuring their environments are always clean enough to help in the realization of the President’s initiative by making the city the cleanest.
The President of GAAM, Moses Abor thanked the CEO for coming to their aid with the PPEs at a time most assembly members needed them.
He promised, they will ensure that the PPEs gets to the grassroots for their protection against the virus.
He also applauded the effort of the CEO and appealed to other agencies to also come to their aid to enable them help the needy in their various communities.
Assembly Member for Trobu Electoral Area, Mandela Wiafe expressed his gratitude to CODA for the support rendered to them.
He called for more PPEs stressing most constituents are not living in normal times.
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Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith
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