Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Councils ordered to form PLWD committees

DAILY NEWS Reporter
DEPUTY Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office responsible for people with disabilities, Dr Abdallah Possi, has urged all councils to implement directives of establishing committees to deal with people living with disabilities (PLWD).
His directive urges all councils to form such committees from the village, ward, divisional, district and regional levels. He made the call recently at different times during his tour in Mwanza and Simiyu regions where he also visited people with special needs at Bukumbi, Mitindo school for children with special needs and Lamadi care centre for children with albinism.
Dr Possi said that following the prime minister’s directive in March all councils in the country should establish committees that will help to solve challenges facing people with disabilities.
“It is very important to implement the directive provided by the Prime Minister’s Office, which require councils to form committees of people with disabilities,” he explained.
He further stressed that the directive of forming the committees would the government access information of people with disabilities in order to find the best means of dealing with challenges facing them.
The Prime Minister’s Office issued the directive to help determine the needs of people with disabilities and find the best ways for solving challenges facing them.
Minister Possi said the Fifth Phase Government is committed to providing people with disabilities and special needs with opportunities to participate in all spheres of national development.
Misungwi District Commissioner (DC), Juma Sweda, congratulated the government for raising the voices of people with disabilities.

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