Pusiga member of parliament, Madam Laadi Ayamba has advised that the head porters also known as ‘Kayayies’ that ran away in Ejisu in the Ashanti region should not be criticized.
The honourable member expressed concern at the incident where the ‘kayayie’ were found onboard a cargo truck to the northern part of the country and were intercepted at Ejisu, in the Ashanti region.
According to the MP, ‘government did not do well by sensitizing the citizens enough on the lockdown’.
She further stated that ‘Government and the Ministry of Gender and Social Protection (MoGCSoP) did not cater adequately for the needs of these vulnerable women and children who have travelled from the northern part of the country to seek greener pastures here in Accra’.
Much education regarding the partial lockdown was not presented to them enough and properly’.
Background
it was emphasized that these women recognizing the difficulties that would arise from their lack of shelter and the likely loss of income, apparently made strenuous efforts from saturday, 28th March, 2020 to leave the city of Accra and got to Ejisu in the Ashanti region where they were intercepted.
