Nkoranza South Municipal Assembly has received GHC3, 000 from the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) Administrator to support the activities of the Disabled in the Municipality.
Mr. Effah Guakro, President of Nkoranza South Municipal branch of the Ghana Federation of the Physically Challenged, announced at a general meeting of members at Nkoranza at the weekend.
He noted that the allocation had since its inception encouraged members to learn vocations to improve their living standards, saying some of the members had already established themselves in dressmaking, leather works, barbering, hair dressing, electronics, farming and trading.
Mr Guakro gave the assurance the leadership of the Federation would make sure that about 247 registered physically-challenged persons in the Municipality would benefit from the allocation.
“The leadership of the Federation will ensure that registered members receive a fair share of the Fund to manage themselves”, Mr. Guakro stressed.
He said apart from the central government’s intervention through the DACF, the leadership of the Federation had also been supporting its members to learn vocations of their choice.
Mr. Guakro advised members against begging for alms in the streets, saying the practice denigrates the disabled.
He urged beneficiaries of the Fund to make judicious use of what is given them to improve on their personal circumstances.
The Presiding Member stressed that this would also enable them to benefit from future grants for the expansion of their projects and activities, the President added.
The 1992 Constitution makes it mandatory for all Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies to allocate two per cent of their annual common fund purse towards the rehabilitation and empowerment of the disabled.
