Bawumia gifts 2 bedroom house to 82-year-old leper after spotted living in a mud house

The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has gifted an 82-year-old woman suffering from leprosy a complete two-bedroom house.

the Vice President save the woman who has been neglected by society and lives in a mud house.

The 82-year-old woman has reportedly been cured of the leper yet she has been neglected by all.

the Veep spotted her story on Joy Prime and has built a two-bedroom house for her and granddaughter.

First Lady, Rebecca Akuffo shared photos from the presentation with a long caption which states;

“In yet another example of his love for humanity the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has built, furnished, and formally handed over a two-bedroom house to an 82-year-old cured leper who had been abandoned by her family at Motori in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region.

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Dr. Bawumia’s humanitarian gesture was inspired by a Joy News documentary that depicted the sorry plight of Daari Pogo, who was forced to live in a dilapidated 5 meters by 6-meter mud hut with her granddaughter Adjara after her abandonment.

Touched by her appalling circumstances, Dr. Bawumia immediately mobilized resources and within six weeks, built and furnished a two-bedroom house for Madam Pogo.

At a brief ceremony to formally hand over the building on Tuesday 8th, September 2020 Vice President Bawumia said the smiles on the faces of Daari Pogo and her granddaughter Adjara were enough to gladden anyone’s heart.

“Today is a happy day, not just for me, but more especially my mother here Daari Pogo, and our child Adjara. I am so so happy.

“As you know, I am a Patron of the Lepers Aid Society, which helps to rehabilitate cured lepers. When I saw the Joy News report by Seth Kwame Boateng I was deeply touched, and immediately reached out to help.

“It appears as if she has been abandoned by her family due to her unfortunate affliction. But that is not how we should treat each other; we should be each other’s keeper.

“Today I am here to formally hand over this house to madam Pogo, and assure her that we will continue to make sure she is well looked after. That is how we should treat each other. No one should be forced to live the way she was living.”

Vice President Bawumia urged society to welcome and integrate cured lepers into their midst, as they no longer carried the disease.

“We should not shun cured lepers. Science has clearly shown that they cannot pass the disease on. Let us welcome them, make them part of our everyday lives, and more importantly, show them, love, after contracting a disease through no fault of theirs.”

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