PWDs push for 10% of MMDA’s, 20% ministerial appointments and one representative to all boards
The Ghana Federation of the Disabled has put forward a proposal for the ministry of gender, children and social protection to pass a bill for an affirmative action that secures a quota in governmental appointments for persons with disability. The disabled currently constitute 15% of the country’s population with very few in positions of national governance. To ensure their views are duly represented in national issues, the Federation is pushing for a quota of ten percent (10%) of all ministerial appointments to be reserved for persons with disabilities. The federation further wants twenty percent (20%) of all government appointments to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to go to the disabled. It also wants one representative on all boards of public institutions and agencies. It made these demands at a workshop on Wednesday in the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi. Addressing the gathering, the President of the Ghana Federa...