THE Manager of the Tamale Rehabilitation Centre, Mr Inusah Atchulo, has entreated the government to provide adequate funds and logistics to help run the centre effectively.
He said since its establishment on July I, 1962 to cater for the needs of persons with disabilities, the centre had been receiving support from a Catholic Priest, Reverend Father Martin Balemans, as the government’s subvention was woefully inadequate.
“The priest has so far spent over GH¢180,000 to help renovate and provide the necessary facilities at the centre,” the manager further stated.
Mr Atchulo made the appeal during an interaction with journalists in Tamale.
According him, there were 30 inmates at the centre, but the centre had difficulty catering for their needs because of the inadequate resources it obtained from the government.
“We need a regular supply of water, a fence wall, labourers and a means of transport, communication facilities and security, because some people have been stealing our electric cables,” he further stressed.
In November last year, some members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Employment, Social Welfare and State Enterprises, and the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Ghana, toured the centre to acquaint themselves with the challenges facing the institution.
The two-day tour was to help increase the level of awareness on the Disability Law.
During that visit, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee, Mr Paul Okoh, observed that the provision of such basic facilities at the centre depended to a large extent on the commitment of the government and other well-meaning citizens to the implementation of the new Disability Act 715 of 2006.
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