The Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled (GSPD) is demanding apology from dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, for making mockery of fellow musician, Stonebwoy with his disability.
In a Video, Shatta Wale said among other negative statements that Stonebwoy was a bad person, hence God made him disabled.
“You are a bad person that is why God made you a disabled person, you are a disabled person don’t try and fight an able person,” he said.
In a release dated April 15, 2024, the GSPD condemned Shatta Wale’s action, describing it as “irresponsible” and “primitive.”
“The Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled (GSPD) has seen a video circulating on social media where Shatta Wale mocks Stonebouy with his disability. In the video, Shatta Wale said among other negative statements ‘You are a bad person that is why God made you a disabled person, you are a disabled person don’t try and fight an able person’.
“By this statement, he is trying to say all persons with disabilities are bad that is why God has made us who we are. This primitive statement should not have come from a high-profile personality like Shata Wale,” the statement signed by its National President, Mathew Annor Kodom read.
The group insisted that being a person with a disability does not mean people are cursed, or God is punishing them, urging Shatta Wale to apologise to the community and take measures to remove the offensive videos from social media platforms.
Citing the Disability Act 715, the GSPD reminded all that mocking or making derogatory comments about a person’s disability is a punishable offence under the law.
“We want to remind Shatta Wale that a section of his own fans who are making him who he is, are persons with disabilities. Did he think how they will feel? or Shatta Wale thinks he has made it so he does not care?”
The Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled further advises the public to embrace persons with disability and be empathetic towards them.
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