The Chief Executive Officer of Engineers & Planners, Mr Ibrahim Mahama, over the weekend, donated food items and undisclosed amounts of cash to the National Chief Imam, Sheik Nuhu Sharabutu, St. James Catholic Church-Osu, Christ the King Church and individual households within the Greater Accra Region and its environs.
The items would be distributed to about 10,000 households in deprived communities in the Greater Accra Region.
The items were meant to help the poor and needy survive the partial lockdown, which was lifted on Monday, 20 April 2020 by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
Among the items donated to the beneficiaries are 5,000 bags of rice, 12,000 bottles of cooking oil and 20,000 cans of mackerel.
The items are meant to supports struggling families who are affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The items were distributed to the recipients in the various parts of the city by Mr Mahama and his team of officers.
The beneficiaries expressed their gratitude to Mr Mahama for his kind gesture, which they described as timely.
Ghana has, so far, recorded 1,042 cases of the virus with nine deaths and 99 recoveries.
This was announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during his seventh address to the nation on the outbreak on, Sunday, 19 April 2020.
