The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has received 50 vehicles from the office of the President to enable the commission to intensify its campaign against the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The 50 vehicles which have been given to the NCCE as a loan for three months were from the National Security through the facilitation of the Chief of Staff and the office of the President.

The Chairperson of the NCCE, Ms Josephine Nkrumah, who disclosed this to Graphic Online said the commission has also been given an amount of GH¢2.517 million to maintain the vehicles by way of fueling, operating cost, and engagement on the field.

''This has been one of the key achievements for us in terms of advocating for tools to work.

''Prior to the announcement that the government was going to supply the commission with 10,000 PPE, we had a meeting with the President and he expressed concern about lack of tools to work. So, the PPE came and we started following up on other items. I'm happy to see these 50 vehicles which would enable us go to the farthest parts of the country to educate the citizenry on COVID-19,'' she remarked.

She said the vehicles which would be dispatched to the regions have been earmarked for the hotspots in the country.

Adding that the NCCE was going to adopt a strategy that would enable it work effectively and efficiently in the various hotspots and other parts of the country as it had been indicated by the Ministry of Health.

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Ms Nkrumah said although the commission had already started educating Ghanaians to adhere to safety protocols, with the availability of these vehicles, the NCCE would intensify its campaign on stigmatisation which according to her, had been a major concern based on the feedbacks the NCCE had received on the field.

''Some people are now concealing symptoms which may be that of COVID-19 all because of stigmatisatoin,'' she said.

Ms Nkrumah said the NCCE is grateful to all the numerous civil society groups which through their advocacy for tools for the commission had yielded good results.