The La-Dadekotopon Municipal has paid Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) two percent of their share of the District Assembly Common.

A total of GH?34, 000.00 was disbursed to 33 PWDs, made up of 23 females and 10 males in the Municipality.

The payment was the fourth in monies disbursed to PWDs by the Assembly in fulfillment of the guidelines and the management of the District Assembly Common Fund allocation to PWDs.

The Fund which is set aside by Legislative Instrument, is to help empower the PWDs to live economically independent lives and to give them social security.

Ms. Rita Odoley Sowah, the Municipal Chief Executive for La-Daedekotopon, in an address after the disbursement, urged the PWDs to put the monies to good use in order that their children would not become wayward or suffer unduly.

She cautioned them not to utilize the money for unintended purposes, such as buying of personal effects, but rather invest in profitable ventures so that they could reap dividends for good living conditions.

Ms. Sowah asked them to live up to expectation, to encourage government to do more to improve their standards of living.

Mr. Anthony Adarkwah, the Chairman of the Ghana Federation of the Disabled at La, expressed gratitude to the government for putting measures in place to alleviate the plight of PWDs through the two per cent share of the Assemblies’ Common Fund.

He urged the PWDs to use the monies judiciously as expected by government.

While pleading with government for the release of the fund in time, Mr. Adarkwah urged government to redeem its promise to the PWDs with the effect that the Common Fund would be increased from two to three per cent during the inaugural ceremony of Rlg programme to train 5,000 PWDs at the International Conference Centre.

Hajia Salima Iddrisu, the Municipal Social Welfare and Community Development Officer, urged the PWDs to use the monies for the benefit of their family for independent living.

She said the PWDs would soon be trained in book-keeping and business management for them to start businesses on their own with the funds.

A couple of PWDs commended government for the effort to empower them, saying the fund would help them, and do away with the situation whereby some of them went asking for alms in public to make ends meet.