Graduates with Disabilities petition presidency over unfulfilled promise to reserve 5% of public sector jobs for PwDs
The Lead Convener of the group, Gilbert Boateng, explained that the reason for a call for a senior member of staff was because the coalition had presented petitions on several occasions without seeing the action they were demanding.
The Coalition of Unemployed Graduates with Disabilities initially declined to submit a petition to the government, insisting it should be delivered directly to the Chief of Staff, Vice President, or President. The group staged a protest outside Jubilee House on August 19, criticizing the government's failure to honor its promise to reserve five percent of public sector jobs for persons with disabilities.
The group's lead convener, Gilbert Boateng, explained that previous petitions had been rejected, leading to the demand for senior government officials to address their grievances. Boateng stated that the group had presented petitions on multiple occasions without seeing the desired action, feeling that the issues were beyond the reach of lower-level officials like Shamima Muslim.
Consequently, they insisted on meeting with either the Chief of Staff, Vice President, or President themselves. Despite Dr. Samuel Ayeh, a senior government official designated to receive the petition, maintaining his position, the graduates were determined to deliver the petition for the final time, emphasizing the urgency of addressing the five percent recruitment quota in the public sector and implementing measures to combat graduate unemployment.
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