Ghana agrees to UN request for Ebola Logistics Hub for the 4 countries in West Africa who have been affected

It is important that as journalist we lead the campaign of informing the world that the Ebola outbreak is not a West African issue, but it has affected Sera Leone, Guinea , Liberia and to a very limited extent Nigeria. Why will the West want to portray the issue as an outbreak in West Africa. Do they consider the riots in Louisiana as an American riots, do they consider the war in Ukraine as an European war. When the war was being waged in the Gaza strip did they say it is a war in the Middle East, even when they have issues in Iraq & Syria still raging on. Why do they want to tag West Africa as being under the scourge of Ebola, when it is 4 countries out of 14 countries that have been unfortunate to have been attacked. We need to tell our story else they will keep painting us “white” with every bad thing.

President John Mahama has agreed to a request from the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, for the use of Ghana as the logistics base for the international fight against Ebola in West Africa.

This follows a Friday evening telephone conversation between President Mahama and Mr. Ban Ki-moon. The UN and other International Organisations will therefore use Accra as a Centre for airlifting supplies and personnel to the most affected countries – Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

Following the outbreak of the Ebola virus, most of the regular commercial flights into the affected areas have been suspended, making it difficult for equipment, logistics and personnel to reach the affected nations.

Using Accra as the Logistics and Coordination Centre would therefore open a vital corridor to get urgently-needed supplies and health personnel into the affected countries and areas. The United Nations and Ghana will work closely to put in place appropriate screening and prevention measures to avoid any adverse effects on Ghana as a result of the operations of the Logistics Centre.

The UN has also offered to assist Ghana in reviewing and strengthening the country’s  Ebola preparedness, as steps area taken to prevent the virus from entering the country.

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