{"id":148375,"date":"2015-09-02T19:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=148375"},"modified":"2015-09-02T19:26:52","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T19:26:52","slug":"frustrated-old-ladies-threaten-to-strip-at-flagstaff-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=148375","title":{"rendered":"Frustrated old ladies threaten to strip at Flagstaff House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some aged\u00a0women in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region are threatening to stage a naked demonstration against President John Dramani Mahama at the Flagstaff House.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They say they will embark on the exercise if the President fails to address the electricity, health and economic problems facing the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/old-women-in-kumasi-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148377 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/old-women-in-kumasi-1.jpg\" alt=\"old women in kumasi (1)\" width=\"711\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/old-women-in-kumasi-1.jpg 711w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/old-women-in-kumasi-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They said this at a press conference held in Kumasi by some senior citizens in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">About one hundred of them attended the press conference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/old-women-in-kumasi-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148378 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/old-women-in-kumasi-2.jpg\" alt=\"old women in kumasi (2)\" width=\"400\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/old-women-in-kumasi-2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/old-women-in-kumasi-2-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The women between the ages of 60 and 80<span style=\"color: #666699;\"> <strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/06\/24\/aged-in-kumasi-demonstrate-against-mahama\/\" target=\"_blank\">took to the streets of Kumasi<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in June to protest the worsening economic situation in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They explained that their protest was to express their displeasure about the worsening power crisis popularly called \u201cdumsor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Hawa Iddrisu\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some aged\u00a0women in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region are threatening to stage a naked demonstration against President John Dramani Mahama at the Flagstaff House. They say they will embark on the exercise if the President fails to address the electricity, health and economic problems facing the country. 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