President John Dramani Mahama has condemned the irresponsible use of social media to spread fear and panic on the Ebola disease in Ghana.
About 1,000 persons have died from the deadly disease so far.
Efforts have however been intensified to contain the disease in the four affected African countries; Nigeria, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
The Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service(GHS) are working assiduously to prevent a possible outbreak of the disease in Ghana while the Education Ministry has also asked all tertiary institutions to postpone their re-opening date.
Some have however alleged that Ghanaian health officials are concealing the recorded cases of Ebola in the country.
But President Mahama dismissed the claims, describing them as “unacceptable”.
Speaking in Komenda in the Central region, President Mahama asked “well meaning” Ghanaians to speak-up against what he terms the irresponsible use of social media to spread such false information.
“Let me take this opportunity to condemn the irresponsible use of social media, it is becoming a factor that is absolutely unacceptable.
These panic messages that seek to sow fear in our people is totally unacceptable and I call on our traditional leaders and our religious leaders to preach against it,” the President said.
By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana