Zota District, Bong County – The Jonah Tokpah School of Leadership and Development has donated hand sanitizers, washing soaps, buckets and chloride worth over one million Liberian dollars to residents of electoral district four in Bong County to assist in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 in the county.
Gbarngasiaquelleh, Jorwah, Gbonota, Foequeleh , Kollieta and Boway were some of the areas that benefited from the donation.
Making a statement while making the donation, the founder of the school, Mr. Jonah Tokpah, said the outbreak of COVID-19 has posed threats to people’s health and security of lives globally.
Tokpah said the fight against the pandemic must be seen as collective one and should not be left with the government alone. “The exercise of intervention by the Jonah Tokpah School of Leadership started weeks ago when the virus had not spread in Liberia. We have been intervening by donating some materials that will help curb or stem the transmission chain of the coronavirus. We began in Gbarnga few weeks ago,” he said.
“We are here today in Panta District to also complement the efforts of the government of President George Weah through the leadership of the superintendent of Bong County from our merger resources,” he added.
Tokpah said Liberia is in crisis and that there is a need for philanthropists and other groups to support the citizenry particularly those in rural areas to safeguard their safety against the virus. “As the outbreak of coronavirus in Liberia runs out beyond expectations and establish increasing damage to the people and the nation, especially to the health and lives of health workers from different originations in the front of this war of counter coronavirus. We feel that it is our duty to contribute in this regard,” he said.
He added: “We thereby give these materials as the immediate first donations.”
Tokpah urged the public to adhere to the safety guidelines provided by the ministry of health to prevent the spread of the pandemic, which has so far claimed for five lives.
Earlier, who received the materials, expressed gratitude to Mr Tokpah and his team for the gesture. He said the donation of the materials will go a long way in assisting the government to consolidate on its fight against the coronavirus in the county.
One of the beneficiaries, Patrick Suah, expressed gratitude to Tokpah for rising to the needs of the people of the district at this emergency period, appealing to him to continue to implement people-oriented interventions.
Suah said there was a need for collective struggle to be able to contain the global spread of the disease. He said: “The support given our district by Mr. Tokpah is a demonstration of excellent relation that exist between Mr. Tokpah and citizens of the district and this gesture can only deepen the relationship we have.