I visited registration centers despite testing positive for COVID-19 – Carlos Ahenkorah

Deputy Minister of Trade and Industries, Mr Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, has said despite being COIVD-19 positive, he toured some registration centres to see how the process was going when the Electoral Commission began registering Ghanaians for a new voter ID card ahead of the 7 December 2020 polls.

There were reports that suggested that the Deputy Trades Minister was admitted and receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit(ICU) of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

Speaking in an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosiisen political talk show, the Tema West MP admitted that he toured the centres on the first day of the exercise – Tuesday, 30 June 2020.

“I decided to see how some of the centres were just operating. So, I stepped out into town a bit. It didn’t mean I couldn’t go out. My test results had shown I was positive a week ago and after one week, my doctors said I could step out,” he revealed.

“They [doctors] said I could go out, except that I needed to wear my mask and observe social distancing,” the lawmaker added.

He said he was “very careful” and “very mature about it”.