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Mr. Eugene Sackey, Upper West Akim, Acting District Chief Executive (DEC), has described children as a vulnerable group that all must be done to prevent them from contracting COVID-19.
Mr. Sackey gave the advice when he led a team from the District Assembly and the Directorate of the Ghana Education Service on a two-day tour to some basic schools in the district to acquaint themselves with challenges that needed their mediate attention to address.
He urged the teachers to help the children to strictly follow all the saftey protocols and also consider their welfare as paramount.
“Let us encourage them to observe the COVID-19 protocols in order to protect themselves, while we also protect ourselves from contracting the virus”.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has increased their parliamentary seats in Eastern Region from Five in 2016 to eight in the 2020 general election. The NDC won the Akwatia and Ayensuano seats, two safe seats of the NPP, and reclaimed their old Upper Manya Krobo seat which they lost to the NPP in 2016. However, the party lost the Upper-West Akim seat, which has been one of their safe seats since 1996. The party maintained their seats in the Asuogyaman, Lower Manya Krobo Yilo Krobo and the Afram Plains North and South constituencies, this had made the NPP to drop their parliamentary seat from 27 to 25 seats against NDCs eight seat.
NDC wins more parliamentary seats in Eastern Region
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has increased their parliamentary seats in Eastern Region from Five in 2016 to eight in the 2020 general election. The NDC won the Akwatia and Ayensuano seats, two safe seats of the NPP, and reclaimed their old Upper Manya Krobo seat which they lost to the NPP in 2016. However, the party lost the Upper-West Akim seat, which has been one of their safe seats since 1996. The party maintained their seats in the Asuogyaman, Lower Manya Krobo Yilo Krobo and the Afram Plains North and South constituencies, this had made the NPP to drop their parliamentary seat from 27 to 25 seats against NDCs eight seat.