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The Brong-Ahafo Regional branch of the Ghana Federation of the Disabled has called for the government to show the political will to implement the disability law.

Ms. Sirina Mahamadu, the Regional Advocacy Chairperson, said they were unimpressed that a decade after the enactment of the law - Act 715, not much progress had been made.

She asked that the government came out with a legislative instrument to back the implementation.

She made the call when she spoke to the Ghana News Agency in Sunyani as part of this year’s advocacy programme of the Federation.

This is being held under the theme “10 years of PWD Act 715, 2006, its impact in the lives of members”.

Ms. Mahamadu said although the law enjoined state institutions and organisations to ensure the safety and interest of the PWDs, this was largely being ignored.

Many public and private buildings, places of convenience and public transport remained inaccessible to people with physical disabilities, she added.

She said they were also not being given equal employment opportunities as their able-bodied counterparts with the same skills, academic qualification and competencies.

Ms. Mahamadu said asked that the fundamental human rights of everybody as enshrined in the Constitution was respected.