Coronavirus: Evacuate Ghanaians in China now – Minority to gov’t

The Minority in Parliament has called on the Government to immediately evacuate Ghanaian students currently locked up in China to another Asian country less affected by the corona virus or back to Ghana.

They have given the Akufo-Addo led Government a three-day ultimatum to take action or face their wrath.

According to Minority, France, Switzerland, Philippines, Russia, and other African countries including war-ravaged Libya have all evacuated their nationals from China as a result of the CoronaVirus.

The United States of America, they noted, is even doing a second round evacuation of their nationals, urging the Government to swiftly move in to save the Ghanaian students before anything bad befalls on them.



Addressing journalists on the sidelines of Parliamentary sitting, Tuesday, the Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and NDC MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said Ghana has the capacity to evacuate the Ghanaian students from China, especially, those trapped in Wuhan where the CoronaVirus originated from.

He cited Libya as an example to buttress his argument stating that during the war nine years ago, Ghana was able to evacuate her nationals who were more than a thousand back to Ghana.

In a joint address by ranking members of committees on Foreign Affairs and Health records released by the World Health Organisation indicates that 1,016 people have been confirmed dead with 43,000 have been infected with the Corona Virus.

They argued that the Government cannot be insensitive to the plight of Ghanaians, stressing that this is a humanitarian issue and the earlier the government showed leadership, the better.

Source: Starrfm.com.gh