{"id":213930,"date":"2016-05-13T08:40:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T08:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=213930"},"modified":"2016-05-13T08:40:07","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T08:40:07","slug":"demo-against-mahama-in-uk-a-joke-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=213930","title":{"rendered":"Demo against Mahama in UK a joke \u2013 NDC \u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK chapter of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has ridiculed the intended demonstration against President Mahama in that country.<\/p>\n<p>A group of Ghanaians calling themselves the Concerned Citizens of Ghana have planned a demonstration against the President who is currently in the UK for an anti-corruption conference.<\/p>\n<p>According to the group, President Mahama\u2019s poor handling of the economy and the increasing cases of corruption in the country makes him unfit to rule the country.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;ufDXAr7TUA6RTtvc7T0VWUnNYq65CBU0&#8243;]The Chairman of the NDC Chapter in the UK, Kofi Kwakye told <strong>Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0that there is absolutely no basis for the said demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>Though he conceded that the group has the right to protest, Kofi Kwakye said \u201cwhat they are demonstrating about is a bit funny and a bit of a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He argued that because Ghana is not isolated and is also open to the international community, \u201cthey [international community] know what is going on in Ghana. So if what they [group] are saying is true, the international community will know and if what they are saying is not true, they will become a laughing stock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat they are doing is counterproductive, I don\u2019t think it will benefit them in any way, it will not benefit the country so I don\u2019t see the point in wasting your time going to stand on the streets of London with placards and saying things which they themselves know very well that they are not true. So from where I\u2019m sitting I think it\u2019s a bit of a joke,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We know what&#8217;s happening in Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Convener of the Concerned Ghanaians Living in the UK, Nana Owusu Forjour in an earlier interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong> said they will <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/05\/12\/ghanaians-to-demonstrate-against-mahama-in-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>express their frustrations<\/strong><\/a><\/span> to the President at the conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything that happens in Ghana we are aware. In this modern world, we know everything by logging on to citifmonline.com so everything that goes on in Ghana, we know and we hear. Can you imagine our oil money of about GHc3.6 million being used to brand a bus without going through a procurement process, how? Just recently, Dr. Bawumia just told the world that the Finance Minister has lodged a startling amount of $250 million and they are given us all kind of reason. You can take that to the marines,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK chapter of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has ridiculed the intended demonstration against President Mahama in that country. A group of Ghanaians calling themselves the Concerned Citizens of Ghana have planned a demonstration against the President who is currently in the UK for an anti-corruption conference. 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