News:
November 29, 2018
The Speaker of Parliament, Prof Aaron Michael Oquaye has urged the need to shift national discourse away from irrelevance to matters affecting the total wellbeing of the citizenry.
He emphasis focus on politics of issues which is very important for National growth whiles urging the need for experts to always speak on topical issued to enhance development rather than same people who claim to know it all.
Speaking at the Speaker’s breakfast meeting which discusses Disability Inclusion in Ghana at Parliament House, the Speaker calls for a complete overhaul of the existing legal regime to make them relevant to the current needs of Persons living With Disabilities (PWDs).
Parliament he said is committed to the people through responsive governance and urged he need for attitudinal and behaviourial change to ensure inclusion.
The meeting he said was to provide an opportunity for stakeholders to know what has happened since the promulgation of the Disability Act, Act 715 in 2016.
The breakfast meeting was sponsored by Starr Ghana foundation.
By Christian Kpesese/ ghanamps.com.