Wednesday 23rd October, 2019
By Erica Apeatua Addo, GNA
Tarkwa (W/R), Oct. 23, GNA – Thirty Persons
With Disability (PWD’s) in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly have received
cash and logistical support under the Disability Common Fund.
A total of five PWDs received a refrigerator
each, while three students in the same category had bursary, one had medical
support to undergo surgery and the remaining 21 persons receiving cash as
working capital.
Speaking at the function, Mr Glibert Kennedy
Asmah, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Tarkwa-Nsuaem said the items being
presented to the beneficiaries were based on the applications they submitted.
According to him, a total amount of GH¢58,494
was disbursed from the Disability Fund to the benefactors to empower them to
undertake economic ventures to sustain their lives.
The MCE entreated the beneficiaries to
invest the money into productive businesses to help uplift their standards of
living and welfare.
Mr Asmah explained that the purpose of the
fund was to empower PWDs economically to get them off the streets begging for
arms, which sometimes resulted in the loss of precious lives through vehicular
accidents.
He so far, 250 PWDs within the municipality
had benefited from the Disability Fund.
He said as part of the Municipal Disability
Fund Management Committees responsibility, they would conduct regular
monitoring to ensure that beneficiaries used the money for the intended
purpose.
Mr Daniel Okyere, the Municipal Chairman of
the Ghana Federation of the Disabled, on behalf of the beneficiaries, expressed
his appreciation to the assembly for assisting them and promised to use the
monies properly.
GNA
