President Akufo-Addo is to lead a three-day meeting of Cabinet to examine data gathered so far on the impact of the #Covid-19 disease across all governance sectors in Ghana.

The meeting, according to Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, starts Thursday and will expect sector ministers to report on the impact of the disease across their ministries and recommendations thereof.

Oppong-Nkrumah announced the meeting at the usual #Covid-19 press updates in Accra.

“It would be recalled that from the onset of the pandemic the Minister responsible for Finance, the Honourable Ken Ofori-Atta briefed the nation through parliament on the projected economic impact of the pandemic and measures that the government was projecting to take to mitigate the impact.

“Since then, under the leadership of the President the government of Ghana has rolled out a number of measures in responding first, to the health crisis specifically, and second, to the socio-economic challenges that come with managing it. These measures as you would recall include free water for three months, free electricity for three months for lifeline consumers and 50% discount for non-lifeline consumers, among others…”.

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Source: www.ghbase.com