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TMA distributes items to persons with disability

By
James Amoh Jnr, GNA

Tema, Dec 2, GNA –
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has commenced the distribution of
equipment, items and cash payments to Persons with Disability (PWDs) in the
Metropolis to enhance their livelihoods. 

The items included;
refrigerator deep freezers, brand new industrial sewing machines, electronic
appliances, tricycles for physically challenged, Information Technology Sets,
barbering kits, medical supplies, provisions for shop keepers, plastics bowls.

In all, 63
beneficiaries of the GH¢119,785.00 package were selected subject to a vetting
process.

Some beneficiaries
received cash to foot their medical bills, school fees, and funds to reinvest
in their collapsing businesses whiles others were retooled and given money to
help them venture into commercially viable activities intended to improve their
economic circumstances.

Procured by the
Assembly out of the three per cent allocation to PWDs from the District
Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) and based on requests after needs assessment was
conducted, the items would enhance their business activities. 

Speaking at a brief
ceremony to disburse the items on the Assembly premises, the Metropolitan Chief
Executive of TMA, Mr Felix Mensah Anang-La, said out of the total amount, GH¢7,778.00
went into medical support, GH¢4,178.00 for educational support and GH¢107,500.00
for business support respectively.

“In May this
year, a total of GH¢51,409.00 was disbursed to support various businesses,
medical and educational bills of 51 persons with disabilities” he added.

He stated that some
10 persons had requested container grocery shops and these shops were currently
being worked on and would be stocked and handed over to the beneficiaries on
schedule.

These interventions,
he noted, were meant to make PWDs self-sufficient and to empower them to
contribute their quota to societal and national development.

He said the
president’s vision of empowering all Ghanaians irrespective of their
circumstances in life, necessitated the introduction of several pro-poor
initiatives aimed at reaching out to everyone in society.

The MCE admonished
the beneficiaries to put the items to good use so they could derive the full
benefits thereof.

Mr Peter Agbogedenu,
President, Physically Disabled Association, who expressed elation at the
gesture, called on the Assembly, to at all times, prioritize the needs of PWDs
as most of them had the potential in contributing to the development agenda of
the Metropolis.

GNA

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