The Ghana Journalists Association says it is disappointed at the treatment handed to journalists covering the ongoing African Union Summit.

A good number of local and foreign journalists were yesterday denied access to the main hall of the conference whilst facilities at the media centre were also not up to scratch to enable them do their work.

They consequently protested what they said was unfair treatment by the organizers and harassment by security detail.

GJA president, Ransford Tetteh told Joy News that the Association was embarrassed at the turn of events and called on the organizers to review the arrangements to enable media people do their work in a more convenient environment.

Mr. Tetteh told Joy News’ Elvis Kwashie that he had been part of a pre-summit meeting that agreed that 50 local and 100 foreign media workers would be allowed access into the main hall.

“It came as a surprise to us that on the day of the opening ceremony it was decided that no journalist was going to be allowed into the main hall.”

He said the organisers’ excuse that more delegates than had been planned for and some security concerns were the reasons for the mishap, was not enough and called on the organisers to do a better job in the subsequent days.

600 journalists were accredited for the summit, and the GJA said the organisers must do well to give them access to facilities to enable them do their work to quickly dispel negative impressions the impasse could create about Ghana’s free media landscape.

On Sunday Deputy Information and National Orientation Minister, Oboshie Sai Cofie apologised for the inconveniences and promised a review of the situation.

The Government’s Spokesman for Governance, Frank Agyekum, told Joy News’ Israel Laryea there was no deliberate attempt to deny the media the right to work.