Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has gone to the rescue of the stranded head porters (Kayaye) who were on their way to the north because they had no place to sleep during the partial lockdown.
The head porters were stopped at Ejisu in the Ashanti Region on their way to the Northern Region by the police but the Vice President instead, has donated 500 Cedis to each of the stranded Kayaye.
It would be recalled that the 76 head porters had attempted to flee from Accra back to their hometowns in the wake of the President’s order for a partial lockdown in the Capital City and other parts of the country, but their journey back home was unsuccessful as it fell within the lockdown time on Monday.
Despite the temporary provision of shelter for them by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, many have raised concerns over the plight of the Kayayes under the current circumstance, as business activities in the heart of Accra have come to a halt.
