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NJUABEN S: PWDs receive support

The New Juaben South Municipal Assembly has presented cheques and items worth over Fifty-three thousand Six hundred Ghana cedis (53,600.00) to thirty-three (33) persons with disability within the Municipality.

Date Created : 6/25/2019 4:12:51 AM : Story Author : Collins Aikins Akuffo/Ghanadistricts.com

The items included deep freezers, containers and cash.

The aim of the District Assembly Common Fund for persons living with disability sought to minimize poverty among all PWDs particularly those outside the formal sector of employment and also to ensure the enhancement of their image through economic empowerment.

The beneficiaries who fall within the categories include the visually impaired, physically challenged, hearing impaired, mentally unstable and multiple disability persons were assisted through the areas of education, health and business.

Again, the objectives of the DACF for the PWD is also to support the income generating activities of individual person with disabilities as a means of economic empowerment and to provide educational support for children, students and trainees with disabilities.

The 1992 Constitution therefore provide for the establishment of the DACF and mandate Parliament to “annually make provision of not less than five percent of the total revenues of Ghana to the District Assemblies for development and the amount shall be paid into DACF”.

Recognizing that persons with disability are allocated two percent of the DACF.

In an address, the New Juaben South Municipal Chief Executive; Isaac Appaw-Gyasi reiterated the government commitment for supporting the PWD through education, health and economic ventures. He said the NPP government, for that matter President Akufo-Addo’s led administration is poised to improve the living conditions of the disable persons in the country.

He explained that the Presidency has noted with great concern about the plight of the PWDs and as a result measures are being put in place to empower the disable in the society and also to take them out of street.

Mr. Appaw-Gyasi emphasized that moneys are not meant for merry making but rather to help them accomplish the purpose for which they applied, so as to benefit the future generations.

In an interview with a thirty-three (33) year old beneficiary, Rexford Damoah thanked the management of the fund and the assembly for the presentation, saying “this is my first time of receiving such an amount from the government and will go a long way to enhance my business”.

He explained that it is unfortunate to see some of the disable colleagues begging on the street due to the malfunctioning of the part of the body. He further advised them to desist from such act and start doing something which will make them productive in society.

“In fact disability is not inability”. Every disable person has gotten some unique quality in him or her which makes him or her special in society, therefore the time has come for PWDs to be productive instead of being a liability to the society.

Mr. Damoah appealed to the Assembly to give the disable persons fully furnished store which will aid their operation and will also engage and training of more disable persons.