Physically Challenged Man Denied Entry To Parliament-

Reports indicates,  A disabled man with the Right to Information (RTI) Coalition was yesterday denied access to the Chamber of Parliament.

According to Parliament, persons with disability (walking difficulties) cannot stand on their feet when the Speaker Professor Mike Ocquaye rises as everyone else is expected to do.

Mr. Tetteh says he was not allowed to enter the chamber because the security says he cannot rise and acknowledge the Speaker.

“Their reason is that they were asked not to allow anybody who cannot stand when the Speaker is coming or passing or is rising. They said that an incident happened yesterday [Thursday], where one person could not stand and they saw that he was a person with disability and for that matter, they think that they should prevent anybody who cannot stand [from going in],” he told Citi FM.

Following this, he has called on the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, to intervene.

“I feel sad. I feel that my rights as a citizen to observe Parliament have been denied and I think that the Speaker must address this.”

“The fact that I cannot stand, does not mean that I disrespect any laws or I disrespect any authorities. It is because of my disabilities. It is no fault of mine to become disabled,” he remarked.

Mr. Tetteh was at Parliament house as part of the Red Friday movement by the RTI Coalition to put pressure on MPs to pass the Right to Information Bill.