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The Ghana Blind Union says it does not consider explanations given by NDC Presidential Hopeful, Alban Bagbin on his comments on Persons with Disability (PWDs)\u00a0as an apology.<\/p>\n
Executive Director of Ghana Blind Union, Dr. Peter Obeng Asamoah on\u00a0Eyewitness News\u00a0said the Association was disappointed the Nadowli Kaleo legislator failed to render an apology for his comments against PWDs.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes indeed we have heard what he said on the radio, and we see it as very dilute and full of nothing, and we do not consider this to be an apology. In fact, we are highly disappointed in what he said because we do not see what he is apologizing for.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is saying he is apologizing for not being able to respond earlier? Nobody has a problem with that. What we want him to apologize for is the way he referred to the issue of disability and the issue of discrimination he associated with it. He alleges that because of your disability, you cannot hold certain positions. That is what we were expecting him to apologize for for\u2026,\u201d said Dr. Asamoah.<\/p>\n
Mr. Bagbin had told delegates in the Volta Region that the appointment of Dr. Edward Omane Boamah and Dr. Henry Seidu Danaa as Ministers for Communications and Chieftaincy respectively, contributed to the NDC\u2019s election defeat because the former was a stammerer, and the\u00a0latter was visually impaired.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n He also stated that it was inexpedient for Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to be appointed Deputy Education Minister in spite of his obvious challenges with university dons.<\/p>\n He subsequently offered some explanations on his comments at a press conference in reaction to the criticisms.<\/p>\n Addressing the press on Tuesday, 28th<\/sup>\u00a0August 2018, the Nadowli Kaleo MP\u00a0took responsibility<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for the outcome of his comments and explained that he did not question the competence of the people involved.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the records, I wish to state emphatically that I did not say persons with disabilities are not competent to be appointed to public offices or Ministerial positions. Never I did not say that. What I said was that certain wrong decisions were made in placing or assigning some government appointees. This wrong placement cost the NDC some votes. I cited three Ministers to illustrate my point and stated that they were all very brilliant and capable persons, but they were assigned to inappropriate Ministries.\u201d
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