The Minister of Energy and the NPP Parliamentary Candidate of Hohoe Constituency, John Peter Amewu and the Electricity Company of Ghana have donated some PPEs to the Hohoe Municipal Hospital and the Gbi – Kodzofe CHIPS compound in the Constituency.
The donation, which took place on Thursday, 26th November, 2020 at both facilities saw the Energy Minister and the Managing Director of ECG, Mr. Kwame Agyemang-Budu present Four Hundred (400) pieces of Coverall Suits, Two Hundred (200) pieces of disposable shoe covers, Two Hundred (200) pieces of Protective Gowns, Fifty (50) boxes of Protective Goggles, One Thousand (1000) boxes of face shield, One Hundred and Sixty (160) boxes of Surgical Nose Mask, Forty (40) boxes of Face Mask and Thirty-Five (35) gallons of sanitizers.
According to the Energy Minister, the Directors of both facilities approached him on one of his visits about the shortage of PPEs for health professionals so he appealed to the Electricity Company of Ghana to help these facilities.
“ECG as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility had sponsored a 60-bed capacity infectious disease centre which was commissioned by the Chief of Staff on Tuesday, 24th November, 2020 to help in the fight against Covid-19, so I approached the Board and Management of ECG to assist the health facilities in my constituency and they heeded to this appeal”, he said.
Hon. John Peter Amewu expressed his profound gratitude to the Electricity Company of Ghana for sponsoring an infectious disease center at Pantang and assisting the health facilities in his constituency with PPEs to help in the fight against Covid-19 as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility. He urged other institutions to emulate this gesture by the ECG to help the country win the fight against Covid-19.
John Peter Amewu announced that the road from Hohoe to the Gbi-Kodzofe CHIPS compound has been awarded to a contractor and will be completed very soon. The Minister of Energy also donated one motorbike to the CHIPS compound to aid their operations following a request by residents of the area.
Presenting the items with the Minister of Energy, Mr. Kwame Agyemang-Budu, Managing Director of ECG, indicated that this donation would not be the last but it would be done regularly as part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility. He commended all front-line officers for exceptional professionalism exhibited in handling the Covid-19 pandemic and urged health professionals to use the PPEs being provided for them.
Mr. Budu acknowledged the immense contribution of the Minister of Energy to the energy sector and the strides ECG has made under the leadership of Hon. John Peter Amewu. According to him, the country has enjoyed stable power supply and improved voltage profile with Mr. Amewu at the helm of affairs in the energy sector.
He added that “the Government of Ghana with Hon. John Peter Amewu as the Minister of Energy has paid all arrears owed ECG and supported the company with over 100 million US Dollars to undertake massive system improvement projects. These interventions by the Government of Ghana will help the company to provide Quality, Reliable and Safe electricity services to support the economic growth and development of Ghana.”
The Managing Director of ECG commended the Minister of Energy, Hon. John Peter Amewu and the Government of Ghana for providing relief packages for the customers of ECG during these difficult times. “I would like to commend Hon. John Peter Amewu and the Government of Ghana led by His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo for absorbing the bills of all lifeline customers and paying half of the bills of non-lifeline customers”, he said.
Dr. Pius Mensah, the Director of the Hohoe Municipal Hospital acknowledged the immense contribution of Hon. John Peter Amewu and thanked him for his unflinching support to the health directorate of the Volta Region and the Hohoe Municipality.
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