A section of residents in Koforidua the Eastern Regional Capital has pleaded with president Akufo-Addo to lift the ban placed on funerals and set a new date.
Speaking in an interview with a Bryt FM reporter, some residents are of the view that the government restriction on funerals will generate a loss of income to them and other families that have lost their dear ones because they have already made payment for their funeral services and will not have their money back.
According to them, the government would have announced a date to ban funerals so that those who have already planned to organize their funeral within this month will be more aware.
They lamented that the government ban on funerals came impromptu after they have made arrangements to hold funeral rites of their loved ones this weekend hence the government should kindly lift the ban on funerals so they may have access to clear off their funeral in order to ease them from debt.
One of the residents, Alhaji Mufu added that the Private burials, with no more than twenty-five (25) people will not help because his family members are more than 25 and such protocol will not favour him and his family thus the government should allow at least 100 people to contain a funeral.
This came after the President addressed the nation for the 23rd time on the measures his government has taken to combat the spread of the novel COVID-19 among Ghanaians.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Abba Kwegyirba Aggrey