COVID-19: Imperial General Assurance supports Basic Schools in Accra with prevention items

Two basic schools in Accra have benefited from the generosity of one of Ghana’s leading insurance firms – Imperial General Assurance (IGA) as they were on Tuesday presented with some COVID-19 prevention items. The schools are the St Peter’s Anglican Cluster of Schools at Ofankor and Rashad Islamic School located at Mallam Atta. In total, both schools received 15,000 pieces of nose masks, 768 bottles of sanitizers, gallons of liquid soaps and hands-free Veronica buckets, among others.

Imperial General Assurance is a wholly-owned Ghanaian insurance company which provides non-life insurance solutions in Ghana.

Managing Director of the company, Robert Wugah, who made the presentation on behalf of the company, said the exercise forms part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and it is aimed at helping stop the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic.

He lamented the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic across the world and here in Ghana despite the advancement made in the development of vaccines to save lives.

“It is important that government and all critical stakeholders continue to educate and sensitize Ghanaians about the dangers of the virus and the need to observe the necessary safety protocols to stem the spread. We are not out of the woods yet,” he stated.

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He appealed to all to abide by the COVID-19 protocols by observing social distancing, wearing of nose masks, and washing of hands under running water, sanitising of hands and avoiding crowded and poorly ventilated indoor spaces.

As part of the CSR intervention, Imperial General Assurance also constructed a wall around the St. Peter’s Anglican Basic “1” classroom block which accommodates pupils in four classes. The construction of the wall brings to a stop the perennial flooding of the classrooms, particularly during the raining season, which hitherto disrupted teaching and learning and also exposed the lives of pupils and teachers to health risks.

The company has also fixed the recurrent electricity supply challenges facing the Rashad Islamic School. The erratic power supply had caused poor visibility conditions in the classrooms, a situation that negatively affected effective teaching and learning.

The heads of the two schools thanked the company for its support and commitment towards the advancement of the cause of education. They promised to judiciously put to use the donated items for the benefit of the pupils and the running of the schools.

Accompanying the Managing Director to do the donation were some members of the company’s Management Team including Reginald Oklah, Head of Sales and Marketing; Abdel-Aziz Osman, Chief Finance Officer, and Samuel Opoku Asiamah, Head of Audit.

Source: ghananewsonline.com.gh