District Chief Executive for Gomoa West, Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, has urged the disabled to participate in the biometric voter registration, which kick-starts on March 24, 2012.
He said this would enable them to exercise their franchise in the December 7 polls.
Mr Aidoo-Mensah gave the advice when he released GHC51,900, being the two per cent share of the District Assembly Common fund meant for the disabled.
He asked the disabled to refrain from going into the streets to beg for alms; instead they should take advantage of Government support for them to engage in economic activities.
Mr Cephas Abakah Neizer, the District Chairman of Ghana Federation of Disabled, who supervised the sharing of the money to the members, commended the Assembly for its support for the members.
He explained that the Federation is composed of Ghana Society for the Physically Disabled, Ghana Union of the Blind and the Ghana Association of the Deaf.
He said about 500 members of the Federation were benefiting from the Fund in the district, and appealed to other disabled persons to join the group.
Mr Neizer said members of the Federation were challenged by education, health and business needs.
He said Federation was sponsoring some members in school, provided wheel chairs and clutches and assisted others to establish businesses.
Miss Charity Ntiamoah Affum, treasurer of the Federation, said the group had registered 172 members with the National Health Insurance Scheme. **
