Communication Minister Ursula Owusu Ekuful has donated food items, veronica buckets, sanitary items and cash of ¢5,000 to the Birim Central Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region to support the needy in the municipality.
The items included 80 special packed parcels each containing packed sugar, a half litre of cooking oil, five kilograms of rice, two tins of milk and two tins of fish, two big boxes of tomato paste, three packets of tissue papers, face masks and 14 boxes of hand sanitizers.
Mrs Owusu-Ekuful was born in Akim Oda where she spent part of her early life and has some relations there.
The items were presented on behalf of the Minister by Papa Yaw Amoah Nyarko, Assembly Member for Aseneya Electoral Area in the Municipality, and a relative of the Minister for Communication.
Victoria Adu, the Birim Central Municipal Chief Executive received the items on behalf of the needy in the municipality.
She expressed her gratitude for the donation and assured that she would ensure that the food items are given to the vulnerable in the various communities.
She urged the people to comply with all the precautionary measures on Covid-19 to avoid contracting the coronavirus.
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