20k wheelchairs handed over to the Health Ministry
At the presentation, road users were advised to follow road traffic rules and regulations to help deal with disabilities that occur from accidents
Jonas Danquah 
The World Bank has in a ceremony in Accra today, May 11, 2021.presented 20,000 wheelchairs to the Ministry of Health.
The wheelchairs are to be distributed throughout Ghana to health facilities and to persons living with disabilities.
Speaking at the event, the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia urged road users to abide by road traffic rules and regulations to help deal with disabilities that occur from accidents as a result of disregard for the rules.
Quoting from a World Health Organisation report to buttress his concern, Dr Bawumia noted that aside infectious diseases like polio, malaria and meningitis, road accidents are the foremost cause of disabilities.
He said road accidents do not only cause deaths but leaves most occupants and innocent pedestrians disabled.
