A one-day stakeholders� meeting to discuss efficient management of the District Assemblies Disability Common Fund for optimal benefit of the physically-challenged has been held in Kumasi.
Organized by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Disability Fund Management Committee, it brought together representatives from the Ghana Federation of the Disabled (GFD), Ghana Society for People with Disability (GSPD), Deaf Association, Ghana Blind Union (GBU), the Department of Social Welfare, Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Assembly�s social services sub-committee.
It was meant to bring about greater transparency in the disbursement and effective monitoring.
Madam Juliana Owusu, Chairperson of the Committee, said they were determined to make sure that the fund was used to transform the livelihood of those with disability.
She therefore appealed for patience to allow for the proper thing to be done, pointing out that, processing of applications by potential beneficiaries took time, saying due diligence would have to be made.
Mr Godwin Dela, Chairman of the Social Services Committee, called for closer collaboration among the various actors to achieve high level of openness in the disbursement of the fund.
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