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Only 3 ministries have more than 1% disabled staff, says Ras Adiba

Ras Adiba Radzi handing out rations at Kampung Sungai Udang, Klang yesterday. (Bernama pic)

KLANG: Only three ministries have employed more than 1% of persons with disabilities (PwD) as stipulated in Service Circular No 16 of 2010, Bernama chairman Ras Adiba Radzi said.

She said the three ministries are the women, family and community development ministry (1.87% PwD), defence ministry (1.32%), and the entrepreneur development and cooperatives ministry (1.07%).

Ras Adiba, who represents PwD in the Dewan Negara, said other ministries should provide more opportunities for PwD to work in the public sector as they too are capable of serving the country.

“Only three ministries have more than 1% of PwD in their workforce as stipulated and I hope the other ministries will at least adhere to the stipulated 1% objective,” she said.

She told reporters this after handing over rations from OKU Sentral, in cooperation with Kumpulan Jakel, to about 300 recipients via a drive-through event in Kampung Sungai Udang here today.

As of June 2019, there were 3,686 PwD, or equivalent to 0.29%, in the civil service.

Ras Adiba, who is also OKU Sentral president, said she and her friends would continue to strive to ensure compliance with the 1% PwD objective.

Meanwhile, one of the recipients, Nurul Aniza Razali, 33, thanked OKU Sentral for the contribution of daily items for her and her only daughter, Nur Auni Faiqa Mohd Faizal, who has been suffering from Cerebral Palsy since birth.

The single mother said that since her husband was killed in an accident five years ago, she only relied on the survival benefits from the Social Security Organisation (Socso) for their expenses.

Another recipient, Aminah Abdullah, 49, said the rations from OKU Sentral would be of much help to her family, who have suffered a drop in income due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Since the movement control order (MCO) was enforced on March 18, my husband could no longer work overtime at the steel workshop due to a lack of orders. So, our income was reduced by RM1,000 to RM1,500 per month,” said the mother of four children aged between six and 23.

She added that with their income now affected, it was difficult to meet the higher cost of caring for their youngest child, Muhammad Yunus Mohd Din, who has Down Syndrome.

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