The Majority leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has issued a terse warning to some colleagues returning from abroad they are not welcome in the House.
He also extended the warning to some staff of the Parliamentary Service and their spouses who are also due to arrive in the country from various countries in the West African sub-region.
Stay out
These returnees, he stressed, should stay outside to enable a period of purging and undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine to confirm they are free from the Coronavirus.
“Because of what is happening it is important we make it known to colleagues who have traveled outside that on their return they are not welcomed here,” he stated
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“Mr. Speaker, the advice is that these people should stay outside for the time being. They have been given certificates of clearance to come back but it is important that we communicate certainly to them,” he added.
The two legislators were named as MP for Binduri, Dr. Robert Baba Kuganab-Lem who arrived from Tokyo via Ethiopian Airways and the MP for Ayawaso East, Mr. Naser Toure Mahama who is expected in the country from India via Emirates.
“Communication should go to Baba Kuganab-Lem that he should stay outside. The Hon. Toure Mahama is arriving tomorrow. Information should go to him that Parliament will be sitting tomorrow but he should stay,” he said.
He mentioned the names of the staff of Parliament as Mr. Joseph Ekow Acquah, who went to Nigerian, Mr. Amoako Asante Atta from Niamey, Niger, Ms. Florence Bedford, Mr. Abdul Fataou Alhassan, Ms. Emelia Sawyer and Ms. Stella Bonney.
He said, “The advice is that these people should stay outside for the time being before joining us.”
Minister of Health
Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, in response to the Majority leader pointed out that such a report should not have come to the notice of the Speaker.
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His outfit, he said, has put in place guidelines that should guide Ghanaians who are coming back to the country.
He said, “Once a traveler is profiled at the airport, he or she would be allowed to undergo self-quarantine under the supervision of health officials who would monitor and link them to health authorities within their location.”
He pledged to take details and contacts of the affected persons and pass them to health workers who will trace and meet them at the airport and guide them to their homes where they will continue to be monitored for two weeks.
By Osumanu Al-Hassan//Frontpageghana.com//Ghana
