Federation of Disabled to sue public institutions over disability act

The Ghana Federation of the Disabled is threatening to sue public institutions for the non-implementation of laws and policies designed to make them more comfortable in society.

The Disability Act 2006(Act 715) section 6, requires owners or occupiers of public structures to provide appropriate facilities to make them easily accessible by persons with disability.

[contextly_sidebar id=”clYGq68FdixeNNp8Vf3ajvCZGl1ZKiqe”]But the group argues that many public institutions have failed in  enforcing the law.

They have thus threatened to use the law court as their last resort to ensure these laws are enforced.

The President of the Federation, Isaac Tuggun, told Citi News some sections of the disability law have been flouted hence their concern.

“Ghana Federation of the disabled is not really happy about the lackadaisical approach to the effective implementation of pro-disability legislation policies in the country. Section six of the persons with Disability Act requires that all buildings that were constructed from 2006 to date, should have ramps and other accessibility systems for persons with disability but when you go round, you see that nothing has been done to that effect.”

“We will go back to court and our hope in getting redress at the court is minimal . That is one thing we are looking at because we already have a case in court for three years which is not determined so going back to court after the expiration of the ten year moratorium, we will do but we will not have that high expectation that we will get the appropriate redress in court.”

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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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