The Minority in Parliament, from next Wednesday 30th March 2022, will begin picketing at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to mount pressure on the government to halt the mandatory COVID-19 test at the airport.
The Minority has described as “illegal, unconscionable and extortionist the COVID-19 antigen testing at the Kotoka Airport.
A notice to the police dated Thursday, March 24, 2022, which announced the decision to hold the series of picketing actions was jointly signed on behalf of the NDC MPs by Ranking Members on the Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa; Roads and Transport, Kwame Agbodza as well as Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh.
“We are further resolved to converge at the precincts of the airport from 2 pm to 6 pm each day. “
“It is our firm determination to sustain these mass picketing actions until such a time that the Akufo Addo-led government curtails the illegal, unconscionable and extortionist COVID-19 antigen testing conducted by the iffy Frontiers Healthcare Services Ltd,” portions of the notice to the police read.
Attached is the notice: