Gov’t Flies 41 Ghanaians Living In The USA Back To Ghana Safely

Forty-one Ghanaians who were in Washington DC, USA, have arrived in Ghana. Most of them were students who went on an exchange program sponsored by the State Department of the United States of America.

They arrived aboard a South African Airways flight at 9.20 am on Saturday, June 6, at the Kotoko International Airport.

This comes a day after the government announced that it has arranged chartered flights to bring back Ghanaians home based on a schedule drawn up by the Foreign Affairs Ministry even though most countries have closed borders due to COVID-19.

The evacuees are lodging at a hotel in Accra and they are to observe the two-weeks mandatory quarantine period.

Two more contingents from Burkina Faso and Turks and Caicos are expected to arrive later in the day.

The arrival of these individuals comes as the first contingent from the second phase of the government’s evacuation programme for stranded Ghanaians due to COVID-19 as was announced yesterday [Friday] by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway.

Responding to questions in Parliament, the Minister indicated that a lot of considerations have gone into government’s evacuation programme.

The countries captured in the schedule include Nigeria, Mauritania, Ethiopia, China, United States Of America, United Kingdom, UAE, among others.

Madam Ayorkor Botchway also said negotiations are currently underway between Ghana’s Beijing Mission and Ethiopian Airlines for the evacuation of some 675 stranded Ghanaians in China.

Culled from: Citinewsroom.com

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here