A former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba, has appealed to Ghanaians to vote for the women and persons with disabilities contesting the Local Government elections on Tuesday, December 17.
Addressing a Town Hall Meeting to commemorate the International Day of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), Madam Djaba who is the founder of the Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation said only 20 PWDs and 909 women picked up nominations forms to contest the assembly and unit committee elections.
More than persons 18,510, she said, picked up forms for the elections, which would enable them to serve their local communities for a four-year term, when given the nod.
Madam Otiko Djaba said all human beings were born by a woman but women and persons with disabilities were discriminated against and this undermined the progress of society.
Dr. Lawrence Tetteh, a renowned international evangelist, and president of the Worldwide Miracle Outreach, who chaired the event, said disability should not be equated with inability, therefore, everyone in the society had a specific role to play.
He said he was hopeful that someday, a person with disability will become the Speaker of Parliament, the Chief Justice, or the President of Ghana, therefore, they should not give up.
Women, he said, should also be given the mantle of leadership because they were more judicious with managing resources and less corrupt.
The 2019 International theme of day is, “Promoting the participation of persons with disabilities and their leadership: taking action on the 2030 development agenda”.
The event was jointly organised by the Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation and the Inter-Ministerial Cooperating Committee on Decentralisation.
Source: GNA
