The Tarkwa-Nsueam Municipal Assembly, has disbursed a total of 14,000 Ghana Cedis to persons with disabilities (PWD’s), to support their daily expenditure.
This is in fulfillment of the Assembly’s mandate to allocate two per cent of the Common Fund to persons with disabilities, to ease economic hardships and poverty among their ranks.
The Municipal Finance Officer, Mr. Joseph Kwaku Adjei, said out of the 80 applicants, only 20 were assisted, due to limited financial resources. Mr Adjei appealed to the beneficiaries to use the money judiciously to enable them to become self-sufficient.
Mr David Okyere, Muncipal President of the Federation of the Disabled, expressed gratitude for the support.
He has called on government to provide skills training for children with disabilities, to enable them acquire employable skills.
