A total amount of some eight million, seven hundred and fifty thousand cedis (GH¢8.75 million), which includes six hundred thousand United States dollars (US$600,000), has been received so far by the COVID-19 National Trust Fund.
The COVID-19 National Trust Fund has been established to complement the Government’s fight against the virus and to assist in the welfare of the needy and the vulnerable.
Addressing the Country on Sunday, 5th April 2020, Nana Akufo-Addo was grateful to the individuals and institutions, who have responded to my appeal for donations to be made into the COVID-19 National Trust Fund.
He said,” We are in difficult times, and that is why I directed the Minister for Finance to send to Parliament the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme (CAP), whose objective is to protect households and livelihoods, support micro, small, and medium-sized businesses, minimize job losses, and source additional funding for promotion of industries to shore up and expand industrial output for domestic consumption and exports.”
According to the president,” Through this Programme, the Ministries of Gender, Children and Social Protection and Local Government and Rural Development, and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), working with MMDCEs and the faith-based organizations, have begun to provide food for up to four hundred thousand (400,000) individuals and homes in the affected areas of the restrictions. This begun in Accra today and will begin in Kumasi tomorrow. It will come in the form of dry food packages and hot meals, and will be delivered to vulnerable communities in Accra, Tema, Kumasi, and Kasoa.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
