…Manhandles security agents
Members of the Great-Mind Foundation of People with Deformities in the Niger Delta yesterday stormed the National Assembly saying they want to see senators representing states in the Niger Delta.
They vowed that they would not leave the complex until they have audience with their lawmakers present their proposal for skill acquisition, celebration of World Disability Day and Christmas.
There was palpable tension in the complex while the commotion by the group at the entrances lasted.
The group numbering over 20 were said to have resisted security personnel by scaling the inner gates into the National Assembly after they were locked out.
Senator trains 520 physically challenged in Akwa Ibom
There was pandemonium at the National Assembly entrance yesterday, as a group of People Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) besieged the complex and pounced on security officials for calling in the police to disperse them.
Insisting that they came from the Niger Delta region to meet their lawmakers to ask why they were not included in the palliatives shared during the lockdown, they barricaded the entrance to the National Assembly.
Speaking under the aegis of Great Mind Foundation of People With Deformity, they forced their way into the National Assembly Complex to demand inclusion in all empowerment opportunities
Senator trains 520 physically challenged in Akwa Ibom
There was pandemonium at the National Assembly entrance yesterday, as a group of People Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) besieged the complex and pounced on security officials for calling in the police to disperse them.
Insisting that they came from the Niger Delta region to meet their lawmakers to ask why they were not included in the palliatives shared during the lockdown, they barricaded the entrance to the National Assembly.
Speaking under the aegis of Great Mind Foundation of People With Deformity, they forced their way into the National Assembly Complex to demand inclusion in all empowerment opportunities
People With Disabilities Clash With Police At National Assembly During Protest
The group, under the aegis of Great Mind Foundation of Persons with Deformity, Niger Delta, besieged the complex with the view to attend a meeting scheduled with the leadership of National Assembly.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 17, 2020
Armed police officers and other security operatives attached to the National Assembly gate, Abuja, have brutalised a group of people living with disabilities, who stormed the complex to protest alleged neglect by the Nigerian government.
The group, under the aegis of Great Mind Foundation of Persons with Deformity, Niger Delta, besieged the complex with the view to attend a meeting scheduled with the leadership of National Assembly.
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