A pro-Volta development NGO, One Volta Group (OVG) has donated some personal protective equipment (PPEs) worth over GH¢50,000 to some eighteen (18) selected health centre in the Volta Region.
Presenting the items to the Volta Regional Coordinating Council on Monday, June 22, 2020, Togbe Hotormaho Amedzake III, the Executive Director of OVG Ghana said the gesture by the organization is to complement the efforts of government in the COVID-19 fight.
According to him, the donation was possible through the contributions and support of members of the One Volta Group in the diaspora led by Chairman Mr. Kossi Nutekpor, 1st Vice-Chair Dr. Kar Alorbi and 2nd Vice Chair Dr. Peter Abotchie.
The items donated include “face masks, quantities of gallons and bottles of Hand Sanitisers and liquid soap, disposable hand gloves and bedsheets for selected health facilities in all Eighteen (18) District and Municipal Assemblies of the Volta Region”.
Speaking at the donation ceremony, the Executive Director of One Volta Group, Togbe Hotormaho Amedzake III used the opportunity to call on the government to do all it can to ” flatten the frightening corona curve” whiles reminding all Ghanaians to keep observing all safety protocols.
“We remind all of the safety protocols whilst we entreat government to do all it can to flatten the frightening corona curve” – Togbe Amedzake said
Receiving the items on behalf of the Regional Health Directorate and the Regional COVID-19 Response Team, the Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Letse expressed his gratitude to the leadership of OVG whiles assuring them the items will be used for the purposes for which they were donated.
By: Efo Korsi Senyo / awakenewsroom.com
