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Ablekuma West Municipal Assembly presents items to PWDs
The Ablekuma West Municipal Assembly has presented various items to Persons with Disability (PWDs) in the municipality, to empower them and address some of their problems
19 PWDs were selected by the Social Welfare Department of the Assembly, as part of their annual activities in helping PWDs with the Assembly’s Common Fund.
The items which includes, deep freezers, grinding machines, gas cylinders, hair dryer, standing dryer and some amount of monies were presented to PWDs as support yesterday in Accra.
The Municipal Chief Executive of the Ablekuma West Municipality, Mr George Cyril Bray, who presented the items to the PWDs, said the Assembly had over the years presented various items to assist PWDs living within the municipality.
He explained that, the move was in fulfillment of the government’s responsibility to support PWDs in the country as stipulated in the Constitution.
Mr Bray added that, this was meant to also empower and improve their livelihoods to enable them desist from begging on the street.
He said it was the responsibility of the Assembly to ensure PWDs living within the Municipality were protected, and supported to improve upon their livelihood.
Mr Bray appealed to benevolent individuals and organisations to support the Assembly to continuing providing handiworks to PWDs and pay tuitions fees to those in school.
BY BERNARD BENGHAN
Ghana Tourism Authority is leading Ghana’s participation at ITB Berlin, which opened in Berlin with a vibrant national pavilion highlighting Ghana’s rich cultural heritage, tourism destinations and investment opportunities.
March 5 has been designated as Ghana Day, a special platform to promote Ghana’s languages, cuisine, Kente, festivals and business prospects to the global tourism community. The stand has already drawn strong interest with traditional arts and crafts displays, immersive multimedia presentations and popular Ghanaian snacks.
Seven private-sector players are exhibiting alongside government officials as part of efforts to deepen trade partnerships, expand market access, and attract investment across the hospitality, heritage tourism, ecotourism, and creative arts sectors.
Ahead of the official opening, the Ghana delegation also engaged young Ghanaian investors in Germany in collaboration with V Afrika-Verein and the Ghana Embassy, strengthening diaspora investment linkages and highlighting opportunities within the tourism value chain.
Ghana’s coordinated presence at ITB Berlin 2026 reinforces its strategy to position the country as the Gateway to Africa and a competitive destination for leisure travel and global investment.
The Member of Parliament for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has expressed concern over delays in the release of the District Assemblies Common Fund, warning that the situation is stalling development across the country.
On his facebook page, he described as a matter of urgent national importance, the Minority Chief Whip pointed to what he sees as a growing crisis of unpaid contractors, abandoned projects, and halted infrastructure works in many districts.
He noted that several communities are grappling with half completed schools, unfinished health facilities, abandoned markets, deteriorating roads, and stalled sanitation projects.
According to him, many contractors who have executed projects for district assemblies have not been paid, forcing some construction firms to demobilise from sites while workers lose their jobs.
He stressed that the District Assemblies Common Fund is not a discretionary allocation but a constitutional requirement under Article 252 of the 1992 Constitution, intended to support development at the local level.
In his view, years of delayed releases and accumulated arrears have weakened district development financing and disrupted projects meant to improve living conditions in communities.
He further argued that some payments made in recent years were largely the settlement of old debts rather than funding for new or ongoing projects, a situation he believes has affected contractor confidence and local economic activity.
He described the issue as more than a budgetary challenge, characterising it as a development emergency and a governance concern.
He therefore urged the appropriate authorities to pay outstanding DACF arrears, settle contractors who have completed their work, and ensure that transfers to districts are automatic and predictable.
He maintained that decentralisation can only succeed when district assemblies receive adequate and timely funding to carry out development projects.
He emphasised that stalled projects directly affect ordinary citizens, since they rely on such infrastructure for education, healthcare, transportation, sanitation, and economic activities.
He called for renewed attention to grassroots development, insisting that national progress should not be concentrated only in major cities but extended to all communities.
By: Jacob Aggrey
