By Opesika Tetteh Puplampu
Sege, GAR, Oct. 14, GNA – Mr. Adzoteye Lawer
Akrofi, Ada West District Chief Executive, says Persons With Disability (PWD)
have the capacity to improve their personal and the national economy with their
skills and innovative ideas.
According to the DCE, they should see their challenges as
opportunities and come out with initiatives that will boost the state of the economy
at the district level.
Mr Lawerh was speaking during the disbursement
of the Assembly’s three per cent of the
District Assembly’s Common Fund to local PWDs.
He
said, “This fund was supposed to be two per cent 2% of the Assembly’s Common
Fund but President Nana Addo Dankwa Akoffo Addo and the NPP Government has
increased it to three per cent 3% and we are looking forward to seeing it increased
again.”
He told GNA that, everybody was disabled in
one way or the other hence the need to foster close collaboration with PWDs for
social cohesion.
He said some parents kept their disabled
children indoors for fear or shame to be associated with them.
This, he said, must stop adding that every
disabled child must be registered to benefit from the Assembly’s funds and
other programmes.
Mr. David Amuyao Narh, a former Presiding
Member of the Assembly, who chaired the function, told the PWDs that disability
was not a liability.
They should, therefore, work hard with the
money and support they had from the government.
Mr. Awudu Amuyao, President of the PWDs
Association of the district, applauded the effort of the government and
faithfulness of the Assembly and encouraged his colleagues to use the fund for
the purpose given.
Miss Abigail Teye, Ada West District Director,
Social Welfare Department, told GNA that 388 people benefited in all.
“But 53 people who applied for Equipment
and items will receive theirs by the end of the month. They applied for
fridges, deep freezers, sewing machines, wheelchairs, overclock machines
etc,” she said.
GNA
