Ghanaians in USA to demonstrate over economic conditions

A group of Ghanaians living in the
United States will tomorrow be hitting
the streets over what they describe
as harsh economic conditions in
Ghana.
The protest which was announced
on  July 14, is to take place at the
Ghana Embassy, Washington DC on
Wednesday, July 23, 2014.
The group; ‘Ghanaians Against Bad
Governance’ is a non-partisan group
of concerned Ghanaians living in the
United States of America.
They are Ghanaians who are
interested in the economic and social
well-being of Ghana.
It is a diverse group of
nonprofessionals, professionals and
academics who believe that the
Government of Ghana has a
responsibility to deliver on their own
promises.
They have expressed their intention
not to wait for the next election cycle
to raise their voices to demand that
Ghanaian leaders work in the interest
of the good people of Ghana.
The group say the worsening
economic conditions in the country
are making life unbearable for many
Ghanaians.
They are also of the opinion that
such harsh conditions will
put investors off from investing in the
country thus keeping jobs away from
Ghanaians.
Speaking to Citi News from their base
in Washington DC, one of the
organizers, Charles Acolatse
expressed his views, saying that the
government needs to be a little more
responsible.
He said, “it is an unfair economic
hardship that the good people of
Ghana are going through and we
believe that leaders need to sit up. It
has gotten very bad to the extent that
we have energy crisis, corruption
without intervention and leaders not
abiding by their own rules and
policies. An example is the debacle in
Brazil: flying 3million dollars for the
Black Stars. This is just to mention a
few. And we think that this is
becoming too much and that the
country’s leadership needs to
become responsive and responsible
and at least, fulfill the promise they
made during their campaign.”
About three weeks ago, a group of
Ghanaians hit the streets in Accra in a demonstration dubbed ‘Occupy Flagstaff House with a list of demands including improvement in economic conditions.

The group again organised the Red
Friday social media campaign last
week to push government to meet
their demands.