SPECIAL REPORT ON THE OTI REGIONAL COORDINATING COUNCIL ENGAGEMENT WITH PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
The Oti Regional Coordinating Council organised a get together for the Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) to have an interaction with the Oti Regional Minister, ask questions and register their grievances on PWDs issues on Friday January 5, 2024 at the forecourt of the Oti Regional Coordinating Council.
The Oti Regional president of Ghana Federation of Disables Association Mr. Donkor Emmanuel in his speech louded the Oti Regional Minister for organising this engagement which is the first in history of Oti Region. Read More
He called on his colleagues and Regional Minister as one of them to unite through this kind of programmes for other people to recognise the PWDs due to unity been strengthe.
Mr Donkor Emmanuel also appealed to Oti Regional Coordinating Council and Honourable Regional Minister to periodically organize a capacity building for the PWDs on how to manage the support and grants that Assemblies have been given them to ensure and consolidate inclusive governance in the society since “knowledge is power “
He ended his speech by urging his colleagues to be hardworking for the society not to look mire upon them as ordinary beggars.
The Oti Regional Minister Honourable Joshua Gmayenaam Makubu in his address said this engagement is first of its kind in Oti and would have been organised several times but they had no substantive executives.
According to him, the society has made them beggars by refusing to pass Act 715 which was to pave way lawfully for PWDs to enjoy free education from basic school to PHD level. He added that, the final consultation on the bill has been done to receive presidential approval to become a law.
Honourable Joshua Gmayenaam Makubu therefore urged his colleague PWDs to amplify their voice for government to pass the Act 715 into law for it was time for them to fight for their rights because they now have lawyers working at Attorney Generals Department.
He assured his colleague participants that, the government has also devised a means to include PWDs in government appointed Assembly members by refusing to approve the Assembly appointees without PWDs.
Honourable Minister also used the opportunity to appeal to the Assemblies and consultants to consider disability friendly construction of physical buildings to ease their movement leading to inclusive governance.
He lamented that most of the Assemblies do not use PWDs fund appropriately and he was going to liaise with the Assemblies to fund PWDs in batches with sums of money that can sustain a good business to keep them working instead of giving everyone little that they spend and keep relying on Assemblies.
According Minister, he was going to petition the Regional House of Chiefs to stop discrimination that does not allow some Chiefs to interact with PWDs like the blinds or become Chiefs.
Honourable Joshua Gmayenaam Makubu ended his address by tasking the PWD executives to get office accommodation for both the Regional and Municipal and District offices for him to facilitate for the Assemblies to pay for the rents.
The Oti Regional Special Needs Coordinator at the Regional GES office Esther Apau also appealed for the establishment of inclusive education in a pilot base to capture all the Districts in Oti and requested for Assemblies to collect data on the PWDs and children of Special needs education to ease their work.
The High table was made up of the Oti Regional Minister Honourable Joshua Gmayenaam Makubu, the Krachi Nchumuru District Chief Executive Honourable Nkrumah Ogyile, Municipal Chief Executive for Nkwanta South Honourable Bright Lenwah, Oti Regional Coordinating Director Mr Issaka Braimah Basintale, Oti Regional president of Ghana Federation of Disables Mr Donkor Emmanuel and Oti Social Welfare Officer Mr Komla Agbolosu Innocent.
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