The Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled (GSPD) expressed their dissatisfaction with musician Shatta Wale for ridiculing the disability of his colleague, Stonebwoy.
Last week, Shatta Wale targeted Stonebwoy for his absence at the highly anticipated Sallahfest event.
During his onstage tirade, he hurled derogatory remarks at Stonebwoy, including mocking his limp, which many deemed unnecessary, even if he had a disagreement with the BHIM Nation president.
In a press statement, the GSPD denounced Shatta Wale’s behavior as irresponsible and potentially detrimental to the mental well-being of the physically disabled community.
“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 read.
The organization emphasized that having a disability does not imply being cursed or punished by God. They urged Shatta Wale to apologize to the community and to take steps to remove the offensive videos from social media platforms. Referring to Disability Act 715, the GSPD reminded everyone that mocking or making derogatory comments about a person’s disability is a punishable offense 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 group encouraged the public to embrace individuals with disabilities and to show empathy towards them, emphasizing, “Disability indeed can be anyone’s lot at any given time.”
