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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>The Director of Communications for Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia\u2019s 2024 campaign, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has disclosed that GHC331,185,775.86 has been disbursed to persons with disabilities since 2017. <\/b><\/p>\n

In a statement dated Monday, March 11, Miracles Aboagye noted that the amount covered all 261 MMDAs [Municipal, Metropolitan and District Assemblies], adding, \u201cof which 59,040 persons have been supported.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cA photo album of Persons with Disability which captures their bio-data, form of disability, as well as the kind of support needed, has been done in all 261 MMDAs. This has led to efficient and effective disbursement of these funds to meet specific needs and ensure high accountability of the utilisation of the support.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement further indicated that 52,995 Persons with Disability have been supported with start-up capital amounting to about GHC246,466,603.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, 6,045 Persons with Disability, according to Miracles Aboagye, have also been supported with start-up tools and kits such as sewing machines and hairdryers, ovens, shoe making, fridges, and container shops.<\/p>\n

The statement added that the support given to Persons with Disability has been \u201cdecentralised and provided through the District Assemblies PWD fund.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis government has made the biggest investment in providing economic support to Persons with Disability than any other government in the 4th Republic and this must be consolidated and enhanced,\u201d the statment added.<\/p>\n

Going into 2025, it said, Dr. Bawumia\u2019s government will recruit 1,000 special education teachers and retrain teachers on how to work with special needs students.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. The Director of Communications for Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia\u2019s 2024 campaign, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has disclosed that GHC331,185,775.86 has been disbursed to persons with disabilities since 2017. In a statement dated Monday, March 11, Miracles Aboagye noted that the amount covered all 261 MMDAs [Municipal, Metropolitan and District Assemblies], adding, \u201cof […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":68583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-68584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ghana","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"\nGov\u2019t disburses over GHC330M to PWDs \u2013 Bawumia campaign - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Director of Communications for Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia\u2019s 2024 campaign, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/govt-disburses-over-ghc330m-to-pwds-bawumia-campaign\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gov\u2019t disburses over GHC330M to PWDs \u2013 Bawumia campaign\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Director of Communications for Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia\u2019s 2024 campaign, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/govt-disburses-over-ghc330m-to-pwds-bawumia-campaign\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-12T17:04:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-12T17:11:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/03\/sm_1710250659.876282.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/govt-disburses-over-ghc330m-to-pwds-bawumia-campaign#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/govt-disburses-over-ghc330m-to-pwds-bawumia-campaign\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gov\u2019t disburses over GHC330M to PWDs \u2013 Bawumia campaign\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-12T17:04:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-12T17:11:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/govt-disburses-over-ghc330m-to-pwds-bawumia-campaign\"},\"wordCount\":258,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/govt-disburses-over-ghc330m-to-pwds-bawumia-campaign#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/03\/sm_1710250659.876282.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ghana\",\"ghana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/govt-disburses-over-ghc330m-to-pwds-bawumia-campaign#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/govt-disburses-over-ghc330m-to-pwds-bawumia-campaign\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/govt-disburses-over-ghc330m-to-pwds-bawumia-campaign\",\"name\":\"Gov\u2019t disburses over GHC330M to PWDs \u2013 Bawumia campaign - 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