President John Dramani Mahama has donated six months of his salary to the Ghana Medical Care Trust (Mahama Cares) Fund.
He made the donation during the launch of the Fund in Accra on Tuesday, April 29.
Mahama Cares aims to provide financial support for people suffering from chronic diseases such as kidney failure, cancer, and heart conditions.
President Mahama noted that, "Whenever accountant general finishes six months of whatever I am entitled to will go into Mahama Cares." He also pleaded with the private sector to commit their corporate social responsibility efforts to Mahama Cares. "I want to encourage corporate Ghana, businesses, the mines, the banks, and all the other companies that this Ghana Medical Trust Fund is coming to your clients who save their monies in your banks or do business with you.
