{"id":656020,"date":"2019-07-13T18:38:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T18:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>The Bongo District Assembly has disbursed 47,112 Ghana Cedis of its three percent of the District Assembly Common Fund to support improve the livelihood of 66 persons with disability.<\/p>\n<p>The beneficiaries comprising 13 men and 24 women we"},"modified":"2019-07-13T18:38:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T18:38:25","slug":"bongo-district-assembly-disburses-common-fund-to-persons-with-disability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/13\/bongo-district-assembly-disburses-common-fund-to-persons-with-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"Bongo District Assembly disburses common fund to persons with disability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Bongo District Assembly has disbursed 47,112 Ghana Cedis of its three percent of the District Assembly Common Fund to support improve the livelihood of 66 persons with disability.<\/p>\n<p>The beneficiaries comprising 13 men and 24 women were supported with funding to undertake income generation activities and apprenticeship while others got educational, medical and OPWD support.<\/p>\n<p>Bongo District Chairman of Persons with Disability,\u00a0 Clement Mba commended the government for the increase in the disability component of the fund from 2% to 3 %.<\/p>\n<p>He said the increase will enable more members to access the funds to improve their livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to receive monies in cheques and procurement of items for various activities, such as income-generating activities, rearing of animals, sewing machine and a motorbike to facilitate works of persons with disability\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-532164\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/Persons-with-Disability-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>He added that an amount of GHC1,800.00 was also approved for the leadership of persons with disability undertake sensitization on issues facing persons with disability and the utilization of the fund.<\/p>\n<p>He appealed to the government for the release of the first and second quarter of 2016 District Assembly Common Fund for persons with disability.<\/p>\n<p>District Chief Executive Peter Ayinbisa said the government was committed to the plight of persons with disability hence the increase in their fund from 2% to 3% to better the lots of members.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that beneficiaries will be issued cheques to withdraw their monies from the bank instead of being paid on the table at the assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ayinbisa said that the rehabilitation centre for persons with a disability was about 90% complete and when completed will be furnished to train persons with disability on diverse livelihood skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_source\">\n<span>Source:<\/span><br \/>\nFrederick Awuni | Citinewsroom.com | Ghana\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bongo District Assembly has disbursed 47,112 Ghana Cedis of its three percent of the District Assembly Common Fund to support improve the livelihood of 66 persons with disability. 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