Minister for Information Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has led about 100 persons including journalists at the Ministry and staff of Information Services Department (ISD) to donate blood to complement stocks at the national blood bank.
Five weeks ago, the Ghana National Blood Service indicated during one of the Minister’s media briefings that it needed more people to support the blood bank since it was running out of blood to save lives.
This, the Service explained, was as a result of restrictions on social distancing occasioned by the pandemic which affected mass blood donation across the country.
The Ministry of Information responded by throwing the challenge to members of the press pool and staff of the Ministry to help fix the problem together.
Accordingly, about 100 volunteers, including journalists, staff and members of the general public inclusive came in their numbers to participate in the donation exercise.
Minister Oppong Nkrumah who was excited at the turn out of the exercise thanked volunteers for their kind gesture in helping refill the bank saying “the exercise is worth emulating by corporate institutions.”
He said the success of the exercise showed how much “we can achieve as a collective if we bring our hands-on-deck”.
The blood donation exercise was supported by the Cocoa Processing Company, Fan Milk Ghana LTD, Accra Brewery LTD, Awake Mineral Drinking Water, Special Ice Company, Re-focus Experiential Ghana, Tobinco Pharmaceuticals and Ocean Spray.
