Some prominent staffers of the Jubilee House have been exposed for posting fake pictures of factories supposedly producing 3.6 million face masks for Ghanaians to battle the Covid-19 coronavirus.
Pictures spread all over social media by the young men at the communications directorate of the Jubilee House show a group of factory workers frantically sewing face masks, however, as it turned out from scrutiny, the picture has no connection whatsoever with any Ghanaian face mask company, as it is a picture pinched from Kenya.
Whatsup News can report that the factory in the viral pictures are from Kitui County Textile Factory in Kenya. The factory was producing under an initiative called KICOTEC, which is a government-supported project to produce protective masks for Kenyans against the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) had announced a few days ago that it had approved the local production of face masks in an effort to contain the COVID-19 outbreak the country. Government communications further reiterated that five companies have been given the contract and were already in full-swing production.
Whatsup News is gathering that the impression created by the government may not be the true picture on the ground in regarding the ability to deliver the promised face masks.
The Jubilee House gang have however insisted on a brisk production, using the KICOTEC pictures.
For instance, one Mohamed Awal from the Jubilee House posted the particular picture on his Facebook wall and, “Government has commissioned 5 companies to produce 3.6 million face masks with a production rate of 150,000 a day. More jobs for Ghanaian companies and the youth.”
Others were more cautious as they quickly deleted the pictures when their cover were blown.
The intrigues has forced critics to question the sincerity of the government in the promised 3.5 face masks against Covid-19.