JOURNALISTS TO EMBARK ON DEMO OVER ROAD CONSTRUCTION

The Network of Journalists for the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa (PROMOAFRICA) has planned a demonstration on the Tuesday 29th November 2011 against the absence of accessibility for persons with disability on the new foot bridges being constructed from Tetteh Quarshie round about to Mallam junction
The Executive secretary of the PROMOAFRICA Mariam Narkoah Amponsah indicates that the concerns of persons with disabilities and the aged were not taken into consideration in the construction of the bridges.
She says the group will like to draw Governments attention to the failure on its commitment to ensure the persons with disabilities are able to use footbridges.
Mariam Amponsah appealed to President John Atta Mills and the Minister of Roads and Highways to take urgent steps to correct the anomalies and factor in the concerns of persons with disabilities in future development.
Sources at the Road and Highway Ministry indicate that there is a blueprint for disabled.
According to a reliable source, the journalist did not consult the Ministry over the issue.