President of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations Ms. Mawunyo Yakor-Dagbah has registered displeasure with the attitude displayed against its members in the Kassena Nankana Municipal and Bolgatanga District Assembly in the Upper East Region. Apexnewsgh.com report According to the 2021 Auditor’s General report, “Kassena Nankana Municipal Assembly did not disburse funds to persons with disability who applied for support from the fund even though the fund had a balance of GH¢111,651.15 as at December 31, 2021. Similarly, the Bolgatanga East District Assembly delayed for about five to 22 months after the beneficiaries’ financial request before disbursing the funds to them” “As a result, Persons with Disabilities have been denied timely receipt of funds to support their activities”. Meanwhile, the President of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations Ms. Mawunyo Yakor-Dagbah in an interview with Apexnewsgh.com has described the Assembly’s actions against its members as a disservice and unfortunate. “ Is a great disservice to the Persons with disabilities and I know there are applications from the people who needed the money. I think the DCE and even the Fund Management Committee are supposed to give us some answers to why this happened. Because the money cannot just be there and you are denying people the fund. It means you are saying they don’t need the money. That is very unfortunate”. She said According to the National President, “over Ghc 111,000.00 is a lot of money that can help quite a number of Persons with Disabilities because is for economic empowerment. So, why will that money be lying there without giving to the people is meant for? Of course, in every application, they have to vet and it has to pass through a process to see that whatever business they want to use the fund for, is beneficial and in some case the money support people in education”. “Am sure my people in those districts really need this money and yet for whatever reasons that prevented them from receiving this funds, is very unfortunate. We hope that now that the Auditor’s General has captured it, they won’t repeat it again. She said the intervention is a very good one they appreciate the government for and for that matter the funds are needed by Persons with Disabilities. Insisting that this should never happen again because if the monies are not disbursed, the signal out there will be that the money is not needed. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Upper East Region E:mail: Apexnewsgh@gmail.com Contact: 0256336062