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Ghanaian minister resigns over COVID-19 protocol breach ON JULY 3, 20207:25 PMIN NEWS Kindly Share This Story:FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsAppPinterestShare A sitting Ghanaian lawmaker and deputy minister has resigned his ministerial post after admitting to openly flouting COVID-19 protocols at a time he had tested positive. The presidency confirmed in a July 3 statement that Carlos Ahenkorah’s resignation as Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry had been accepted by the president. “This follows the admission by the Deputy Minister of his breach of COVID-19 protocols, when, as a person certified to be positive for the virus, he visited a registration centre in his constituency before the period of self-isolation was complete. ALSO READ: BREAKING: August 3 is school resumption date for Pry 6, JSS 3, SSS 3 “President Akufo-Addo is admonishing all of his appointees to bear in mind that they have to provide leadership, at all times, for adherence to the protocols that have been established to help the nation defeat COVID-19,” the statement added. Local and social media had been awash with interviews of Ahenkorah admitting to knowing his status but leaving his house into public places. He defended his decision to step out of his home saying he had passed a week in self-isolation and that he acted on medical advice. The former minister admitted being admitted at the main hospital in Accra where he spent the night. He told local Citi FM that he had been with a former party scribe, who died due to the virus. He also visited a voter registration centre with his driver – who had also tested positive for the virus. A number of government officials have contracted the virus. Minister of Health Kwaku Agyemang Manu and two other ministers are currently undergoing treatment Africa News Vanguard Kindly Share This Story:FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsAppPinterestShare Related Rivers executive order on public burial: Violators to pay N10m June 9, 2020 Dybala beats coronavirus but Torino player tests positive May 7, 2020 ICYMI: Bauchi deputy governor tests positive for coronavirus June 3, 2020 All rights reserved. This material and any other digital content on this platform may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, written or distributed in full or in part, without written permission from VANGUARD NEWS. Download Vanguard News App.   Technical Feedback: whatsapp 08023469027   READ our Privacy-policy and cookie policy. READ ALSO: Real men are dark in complexion ― Mandy Ujunwa Vanguard PROMOTED COVID -19: Why l won't hand over to my deputy — Akeredolu Arthritis or Joint Pain? Doctor Says Do This First Thing Each Morning Motion free Mom Stuns Dermatologists by Removing Her Wrinkles with This Tip goji cream Alleged kidnap kingpin, Evans, unable to afford legal fees  Richest Man in Nigeria Exposes Millionaire Secret Daily News Ondo 2020: Dogara panel disqualifies two, clears 7 guber aspirants I rape housewives, maids during operation ― robbery suspect TEMISAN AMOYE View all posts by Temisan Amoye → PREVIOUS POST GAME ON: PDP NWC appoints Wike as Edo guber election council chairman Disclaimer Comments expressed here do not reflect the opinions of vanguard newspapers or any employee thereof.

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