The government has disclosed its plan to set-up an e-portal dedicated to the promotion and exportation of products of the disabled (handicaps) in the country.
The initiative will form part of its effort to grow Ghana's export capacity across all sectors of the economy.
However, traditionally efforts of this sort rarely include the handicrafts industry which is small but with enormous revenue potential and, dominated by the physically disabled across the country.Â
In fact, from the seven-star hotels in Accra, Kumasi, the art galleries, local markets, among others, one could find items ranging from beads, necklace, hats, bags and several other handicrafts products by these folks displayed.
Even more, one could not miss thinking that if the products were given the right market exposure or support in exportable refinement or packaging, they would mean millions of US dollars in public revenue and would, go along way in making their physically disabled producers more economically independent.
Speaking on the proposed e-portal to the media, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Carlos Kingsley, said the platform will operate like Tonaton or e-bay: providing the handicap craftsmen with the ease to market their products globally from the comfort of their homes.
The government has however not given a specific date as to when the project will be implemented, or its plans to integrate and sensitize the physically disabled in the country involved with handcraft on how to use it.