The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Techiman South Municipality in the Bono Region, Mr. Benjamin Yaw Gyarko, has cautioned persons with disabilities (PWDs) to desist from selling items meant to help them become financially independent.
According to him, several complaints had been made to the Assembly about how some beneficiaries sold the items meant for their businesses.
He advised them to use the items to generate incomes to improve their living standards, and added that “the government is committed to stopping PWDs begging for a living.”
The MCE made the call when he presented start-up tools and equipment to 63 PWDs in the area on behalf of the Assembly.
The donated items were funded from the three per cent of the Assembly’s share of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF).
They included six deep freezers, one fufu pounding machine, and monies for schooling and medical bills amounting to GH¢116,000.
The beneficiaries expressed gratitude to the government for the gesture, and promised to make good use of the items.
