Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) employed by Tolls and Routes Management Limited have notified the Ghana Police Service of their plan to stage a protest in Accra on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, to protest terrible working conditions.
The PWDs plan to voice their dissatisfaction and demand an immediate change in the working conditions of all PWDs at Ghana’s numerous tollbooths.
They in a statement said: “It is in the interest of justice that the unfair treatment of persons with disabilities at various tollbooths should be condemned.”
“The process will take a method of all PWDs working at the various tollbooths holding placards on the side of the road from 37 Military Hospital, leading up to the office of His Excellency, Nana Akufo-Addo, at the Jubilee House to present a petition and take another route to the Ministry of Roads and Highways, also to deliver our petition letter to the Honourable Minister and Ghana Highway Authority,” they noted in the statement.
The group promised that the protest would be nonviolent and in accordance with COVID-19 standards.
“We will guarantee an orderly march, that COVID-19 procedures are followed, and that all protestors are masked.”
“We kindly request you to organise for the necessary security arrangements to ensure the safety of all leaders who will participate in the demonstration,” the statement added.
Outbreak of COVID-19 highlighting invisible plights of PWDs – CHRAJ
In December 2020, the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) said that the COVID-19 induced limitations placed on many sectors of the economy revealed the problems encountered by PWDs, a condition that has impacted such persons mental state.
The Commission expressed their concern in a statement issued by CHRAJ Commissioner Joseph Whittal to mark the 2020 International Day for Persons with Disabilities, which had the subject “Not all disabilities are visible.”
CHRAJ requested that more be done to help PWDs in the midst of the epidemic.
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