The president of the Ghana Federation of the Disabled Mr. Ofori Debrah has urged the various presidential candidates to give the disabled community the attention they deserve as citizens of the nation.

In an interview with the Public Agenda Mr. Debrah lamented the fact that so far none of the candidates have made mention of the disabled in their national plans if elected to become president of this nation.

He recalled that right from the campaign days from the party levels till date the disabled community is disappointed realizing the fact that none of the political party leaders have the disabled in mind.

According to him out of the various leaders elected by their political parties' one of them would definitely be elected as the president of Ghana. "That is why it is disappointing to note that our future presidents do not think about us" he said.

He urged politicians to try as much as possible to include the disabled in their developmental programs.

He noted that the Ghana Federation of the Disabled (GFD) would be watching as the political season has just begun and would make no mistake in choosing the right person that would fight their course.

He urged all Persons with Disability to ignore any politician who would not have any plan for them

"GFD would not encourage its membership to toe the line of any flagbearer who appears insensitive to the plight of PWDs", he said.

The coordinator of the Ghana Federation of the Disabled, Ms Rita Kusi-Kyeremah congratulated the Black Stars for coming this far in the Ghana 2008 tournament. She urged the players and the technical team to keep up the spirit of team work which they have displayed so far.

Ms Kusi- Kyeremah also thanked MTN for making it possible for the members of the federation to watch the ongoing tournament.

On the disability friendliness of the various stadiums the coordinator said they are grateful to the authorities for leaving space for the disabled.

She said it is rather unfortunate that PWDs have no facility at the VIP stands of the various stadiums and appealed to the stakeholders to correct such abnormalities in any project.

She said she is very optimistic that the Black Stars will lift the trophy for the fifth time. She however, cautioned Ghanaians to be wary of how they celebrate victories of the Stars, especially the grand one on February 10th.

"If our celebrations will have to end in sadness due to accidents that could be prevented then it is better we don't celebrate at all", she said.