Liberia: Disabled Community Wants One Percent of Every 100 Jobs

The executive director of Mission of Hope for the Disabled and the deputy director of Disabled of Like Minds, Victor S. Wilson, has appealed to President George Weah to make available one percent of every 100 appointments to the disabled community.

In an interview with the Daily Observer on Tuesday, Wilson said the Act that established the National Commission on Disabilities as an autonomous agency in 2005 stated that qualified disabled persons must be employed at government ministries, agencies, and corporations.

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