Kwesi Arthur reacts to Nana Addo lifting Coronavirus lockdown

Rapper Kwesi Arthur has reacted to President Nana Addo’ decision of lifting Coronavirus lockdown in Kumasi and Accra.

Taking to Twitter, the rapper and singer wrote that regardless of the fact that he’s now being allowed to go out, he’ll stay home.

It’s clear the Group Up Chale signee thinks the lift on lockdown in premature.

“I still go dey house chaley”, he tweeted in pidgin.

Fellow rapper, Manifest also thinks the same of Nana Addo’s decision.

Background

The whole nation was shocked yesterday to see President Nana Addo lifting the partial lockdown imposed in Kumasi and Accra as a result of Coronavirus.

Many were expecting that the lockdown would be extended for a few days or extended to other cities and towns where a few cases were recorded.

But surprisingly, Nana Addo said there’s no need to be on lockdown again.

The president said the ease of restrictions was because of Ghana’s ability to undertake aggressive contact tracing of infected persons among other factors.

The factors include, ” the enhancement of our capacity to test, the expansion in the numbers of our treatment and isolation centres, our better understanding of the dynamism of the virus, the ramping up of our domestic capacity to produce our own personal protective equipment, sanitisers and medicines, the modest successes chalked at containing the spread of the virus in Accra and Kumasi, and the severe impact on the poor and vulnerable…”.

He added: “In view of our ability to undertake aggressive contact tracing of infected persons, the enhancement of our capacity to test, the expansion in the numbers of our treatment and isolation centres, our better understanding of the dynamism of the virus, the ramping up of our domestic capacity to produce our own personal protective equipments, sanitisers and medicines, the modest successes chalked at containing the spread of the virus in Accra and Kumasi, and the severe impact on the poor and vulnerable, I have taken the decision to lift the three-week-old restriction on movements in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area and Kasoa, and the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area and its contiguous districts, with effect from 1 am on Monday, 20th April.

“In effect, tomorrow will see the partial lockdown in Accra and Kumasi being lifted”.