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Ghana has put in place a hiring scheme to recruit about 80 persons with disability to man some toll booths in Ghana.
About 80 disabled people started work as road toll collectors on July 1, 2017, as the government of Ghana kicked off with its toll booth job for PWDs initiative.
The government wants to tackle the negative attitudes of some employers who believe that hiring someone with disabilities would be too complicated.
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The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Attah, says the initiative forms part of the country's commitment to reserve at least 50 percent quota in all contracts in respect of manning toll booths for PWDs.
According to the 2010 Housing Population Census, 3 percent of the nation’s population represents PWDs.
Mr. Amoako believes there is the need for the government to create opportunities for them to contribute to the economy.
The 50 percent quota reserved for persons living with a disability, represents a total of 200 slots, but the initiative will commence with about 80 PWDs across the nation, he noted.
PWDs who will benefit from the first stage of the initiative have been properly groomed not just for the manning of the toll booths, but other jobs.
The Minister also stated that his outfit intends to spread the 200 persons across the country.
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President of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations (GFD), Yaw Ofori Debrah told Business Insider SSA that the initiative is plausible.
“PWDs in the past pushed for some quota of jobs, but it yielded no results and so we will commend the Nana Addo administration for this bold initiative. Over 250 applications were received and out of that number, 172 availed themselves for interviews and out of that number, 72 were selected for the first phase of the project”.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Highway Authority, Victor Owusu, noted that payment of beneficiaries will be prompt and their social security will also be catered for.
Ghana has put in place a hiring scheme to recruit about 80 persons with disability to man some toll booths in Ghana. Read Full Story
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