THE Executive Director of the Bahass Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, Mr Samsideen Iddrisu, has called for a change of attitude towards the mentally challenged in society.
He said the present way of catering for that category of people and the neglect by society came along with dire consequences.
He, therefore, stressed the need for a multi-faceted approach towards taking care of mentally challenged persons in the country.
Mr Iddrisu said this when the Rural Action Aid Programme (RAAP) presented items, including a cheque for GH¢50, used clothes, bags of rice, cooking oil and a motorcycle, all worth GH¢1,750, to the Bahass Foundation in Wa.
The items are to facilitate the work of the foundation in its quest to clear the Wa municipality of the mentally ill and to cater for their needs.
Earlier, members of the foundation had gone round the municipality to pick about 60 mentally sick people, bathed, shaved and clothed them, after which they were given food.
At the presentation ceremony, the Upper West Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare, Mr Hamidu Haruna, urged the various district assemblies to extend the disability fund of their common fund for the upkeep of the mentally deranged.
The Upper West Regional Minister, Alhaji Issahaku Salia, who presented the items to the foundation, also reiterated the need to give more attention and support to mental patients.
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