A group calling itself concerned Ghanaians in the United Kingdom will, on Thursday, hit the streets of London to demonstrate against the administration of President John Dramani Mahama over what they call worsening economic conditions in Ghana.
President Mahama, who is in the United Kingdom on a state visit, is expected to pay a courtesy call on Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday.
[contextly_sidebar id=”4U8TsbWwBbOL6Izd7rEKJ7L7l2P9jF1g”]According to the Public Affairs Director of the group, Nana Ansah Obofour who spoke to Citi News, they [concerned Ghanaians in the UK] “know what is going on in Ghana” and have demanded an apology from the President for his attempts to “mislead” them in his speeches.
Nana Obofour said that due to false reports on the situation in Ghana, who “lie because they are afraid that if they don’t, we won’t give them pounds…,we listen to Citi FM and all the media houses, so everything that happens in Ghana we know.”
“We live in the UK but we know what is going on in Ghana., the economy, the IMF bailout and that the inflation is now 16.5 percent,” he lamented.
“So for the president to come to the UK and tell us that we don’t cross-check facts and we don’t know anything in Ghana is unfortunate. So we think the President has insulted our intelligence and he must apologise that is why we are going there [to protest].”
In August, Ghanaians living in the United States demonstrated over the state of the Ghanaian economy when President Mahama arrived in that country for the US-Africa Leaders Summit.
According to them: ‘’… the demonstration is to show our [Ghanaians abroad] expression of unhappiness about the hardship in Ghana and the mismanagement of the country.’’
An Afrobarometer report on Ghana recently stated that that 76 percent of Ghanaians blame government for failing to improve their living standards.
Government has since rubbished the report, with the Deputy Communication Minister, Felix Kwakye-Ofosu, saying the fact that 750 people out of the 2,400 respondents were selected from the Ashanti and Eastern regions compromises the political objectivity of the findings.
By: Edwin Kwakofi/citifmonline.com/Ghana