Authorities of the Cape Coast School for the Blind and Deaf have appealed to Vice President Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang to intervene in repairing the school’s deplorable campus roads, which they say have been causing frequent injuries to visually impaired pupils.
The Acting Headmistress, Harriet Oduraa Idun Sagoe, said the poor state of the roads, particularly the stretch leading to the girls’ dormitory, has become a serious safety hazard for students, with conditions worsening during the rainy season.
Speaking to Adom News, she explained that successive governments have been petitioned over the years to address the problem, but all efforts so far have yielded no results.
She therefore called on the Vice President to use her good office to bring relief to the school, describing the appeal as a plea from a motherly figure to protect the welfare of vulnerable children.
The appeal was made during a visit by a delegation from the Office of the Vice President, which donated food items including bags of rice, cooking oil, sugar, bread, canned fish, tin tomatoes, sanitary pads, books, fruits, and eggs to the school.
Madam Sagoe expressed gratitude to the Vice President for the support, as well as the government’s commitment to feeding grants and the timely release of funds for the current term.
Leading the delegation, Presidential Staffer at the Office of the Vice President, Kakra Yarley, acknowledged the poor road network on the school’s campus and assured the authorities that their concerns would be forwarded to the Vice President for prompt attention.
He also urged parents not to hide children with special needs but to enrol them in specialised schools to enable them to receive proper education and care. Mr Yarley further assured that Aboom Special School, which was not included in the current donation exercise, would also benefit from similar support in the future.
He commended the media for their role in publicising government programmes and policies.
