A scene from the ‘Corona Kodiawuo’ Drama Awareness Raising Campaign
A DRAMA, dubbed ‘Corona Kodiawuo’ Drama Awareness Raising Campaign, aimed at educating the public about what they should do to limit the spread of Covid-19, has hit the Ashanti Region.
So far, about 800,000 people, living in four densely populated municipalities in the region such as Obuasi, Oforikrom and Tafo as well as Bantama in the Kumasi Metropolis, have watched the show.
For a one-month period, starting January 3, 2021, actors and actresses that were cast in the ‘Corona Kodiawuo’ drama put up brilliant displays in the four aforementioned areas with Obuasi being the last destination.
The Centre for National Culture (CNC), also known as Kumasi Cultural Centre, under the auspices of the National Commission on Culture, is the brain behind the laudable and educative programme.
Funded by the Covid-19 National Trust Fund, the organizers of the drama also distributed face masks, hand sanitizers and other personal protective equipment (PPE) to the masses wherever they staged the show.
Barimma K. Asumadu-Sakyi, the Director of CNC in Kumasi, in his address to climax the drama, said Covid-19 had not been defeated so the people should adhere to the health safety protocols.
“Until a treatment or a vaccine is introduced, the surest social vaccine is the wearing of face masks while in public, following hand hygiene and respiratory protocols and maintaining physical distancing to curb the spread,” he said.
The ‘Corona Kodiawuo’ was written and directed by Emmanuel Jewel Peprah Mensah and it involved characters telling life-changing stories with scientific facts on the Coronavirus pandemic.
The drama was complimented by extraordinary performances by choral music from the Amammereso Youth Choir and traditional music and dance by the Amammereso Agofomma.
Margaret Yaa Manu, the Obuasi Health Director, wholeheartedly thanked the Kumasi CNC and their partners for introducing the drama in Obuasi and other areas to prevent the spread of the virus.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi