MP donates wheelchairs to the disabled

Nkoranza (B/A), Sept. 17, GNA - Mr. Kwame Amporfo-Twumasi, Member of Parliament for Nkoranza South, has donated eight wheelchairs to Nkoranza District branch of the Society of the Physically Challenged. Mr. Amporfo-Twumasi, the Deputy Minister of Energy, appealed to the public not to shun people with disability but to offer such persons support towards their upkeep. "We must support them to enable them to exhibit their knowledge and talents towards the development of their communities", he said.

Nkoranza (B/A), Sept. 17, GNA - Mr. Kwame Amporfo-Twumasi, Member of Parliament for Nkoranza South, has donated eight wheelchairs to Nkoranza District branch of the Society of the Physically Challenged. Mr. Amporfo-Twumasi, the Deputy Minister of Energy, appealed to the public not to shun people with disability but to offer such persons support towards their upkeep. "We must support them to enable them to exhibit their knowledge and talents towards the development of their communities", he said. Mr. Effah-Guakro, president of the branch society who received the items, thanked the donor and appealed to other philanthropists in the district to emulate him. He appealed to Nkoranza North and Nkoranza South District assemblies to make available to the society its allocation of the Common Fund to enable members to engage in income-generating activities.