Disability graduates give government September 15 deadline over employment

The Coalition of Unemployed Graduates with Disabilities in Ghana has issued a warning that they will resume picketing after September 15 if the government fails to present a concrete plan to employ qualified persons with disabilities. The coalition, which has previously engaged with various government ministers, is demanding the recruitment of about 400 tertiary-educated persons with disabilities into the public sector, as well as the enforcement of employment quotas and incentives for private employers who hire individuals with disabilities.

They also want a specific percentage of recruitment opportunities reserved for qualified persons with disabilities in local government and state-owned enterprises. The group cites past instances of systemic exclusion, such as the Ghana Education Service's recruitment exercise where none of their nominees were selected, as evidence of the need for these demands to be met.

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