{
  "id": 7782933,
  "title": "19,760 persons with disabilities benefit from Disability Common Fund – Minister",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/19-760-persons-with-disabilities-benefit-from-disability-common-fund",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T12:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/19760-persons-with-disabilities-benefit-from-disability-common-fund-minister/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Disability Common Fund has directly benefited 19,760 individuals with disabilities, Minister Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey announced. These beneficiaries were spread across 208 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies. The government is also striving to enhance the legal and institutional framework for disability inclusion. This is achieved through the recent approval of amendments to the Persons with Disability Act of 2006, aligning it closer with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.\n\nDuring a Government Accountability Series, Dr Lartey highlighted the Ministry's efforts in conducting disability-inclusive disaster risk management programs in 11 regions. The main objective was to prevent the exclusion of persons with disabilities from emergency preparedness and response measures. In addition to social assistance, the Ministry has formalized 272 graduates with disabilities into the Ghana Education Service. Dr Lartey sees this as part of a broader initiative to shift disability support from mere welfare towards employment and increased participation in public life.",
  "summary": "A total of 19,760 persons with disabilities have benefited directly from the Disability Common Fund across 208 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, according to the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey.",
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        "published": "2026-09-16T12:34:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "272 graduates with disabilities being formalised into GES – Gender Minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/272-graduates-with-disabilities-being-formalised-into-ges-gender",
        "published": "2026-09-16T12:52:46.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}