To register their displeasure against the persistent economic hardships under the Akufo-Addo government, Arise Ghana, a pressure group, is holding a demonstration today, 28 June 2o22, in Accra dubbed #KromAyeShe to wit ‘The country is tough’.
The demonstration began at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange/Obra Spot with initial plans to end at the Jubilee House where demonstrators were expected to hand a petition to a government representative.
The ruling by the court followed an application by the police, which said the initial plan by organisers of the demonstration to picket at the Jubilee House was not safe for all interested parties.
The pressure group is convinced the country is in deep crisis, and thus “the need to take drastic measures to rescue the country from the elite few”.
Most of the demonstrators were clad in black and red attire and carried placards, some of which had inscriptions like “Where is our money, Mr. President”, “Fix Ghana Now, Nkrumah did under CPP”, “Reduce fuel and gas prices”, “He came to kill, steal and destroy”, among others.
The group further urged all progressive forces and patriotic Ghanaians to come out in their numbers for what they described as a historic demonstration, which would mark the beginning of a new paradigm shift.
Motivation for the demonstration?
I) Protest against persistent and astronomical hikes in fuel prices by the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government that has imposed excruciating economic hardships on Ghanaians.
II) Protest against the imposition of the obnoxious E-Levy on the already-burdened Ghanaian people by the insensitive Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government.
III) Demand a full-scale and bi-partisan parliamentary probe into COVID-19 expenditures.
IV) Protest against the grabbing of State lands by officials of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government, particularly the de-classification of huge portions of the Achimota Forest Reserve.
V) Protest against the increased rate of police brutalities and state-sponsored killing of innocent Ghanaians, as well as the growing culture of human rights abuses under the watch of President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia.
