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Clifford Owusu Ansah, Financial secretary of Asokwa PWD Association talking to the media as Hannah Owusu Dwomoh sits in wheelchair to support.

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Some persons with disability (PWDs) in Asokwa have called on Dela Edem, a known NDC member to rather than social media go to President Kufuor to render a better apology for pouring insulting him.

The PWDs furthermore called on the NDC man to show proper remorse by appearing on television and radio stations to apologise for spewing distasteful and insensitive words.

Addressing the media Tuesday morning, Clifford Owusu Ansah, financial secretary for PWDs in Asokwa said he was surprised a grown up man could utter such senseless words.

“Not only were the words senseless and needless but it showed how some people see some of us who through no fault of ours are incapacitated or are suffering from the consequences of road accidents”.

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On her part, Hannah Owusu Dwomoh, a resident in Asokwa and an athlete said she was taken aback by the uncivilised comments by the NDC’s Dela Edem.

She noted suffering from a deformity or having a form of incapacity does not mean PWDs were less of human beings.

She said currently PWDs were the very persons whose activities in the sporting arena bring laurels to Ghana.

“I am surprised that this man could disrespect us in such a manner and make those of us in wheelchairs look like less humans. If he cares to know Ghana has become famous in the sporting world through the express performances of PWDs at paralympic games and other world competitions”, Madam Dwomoh noted.

Press Conference:

At the Bantama market, some traders clad in NPP t-shirts calling themselves sympathisers of NPP and daughters of President Kufuor addressed the mdia calling on NDC members to show decorum in speech.

They also called on Dela Edem to use every medium avaliable to show remorse and to apologise to the many PWDs as well as to Mr John Agyekum Kufuor who his comments sought to attack.

One of the spokespersons, Ruth Agyei said the NDC man’s utterances to people who are in wheelchairs were demeaning and condescendingly annoying.

“It was very nauseating hearing this Dela Edem talk so bad on the person of President Kufuor, a man who could easily father him and cater for him. We the traders at Bantama market therefore call on Dela Edem to take every opportunity to apologise to the former President and to all PWDs who have been affected by the silly comments”, Madam Agyei stated.

Story By Michael Ofosu-Afriyie, Kumasi,