{"id":34105,"date":"2014-07-24T08:08:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T08:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=34105"},"modified":"2014-07-24T11:27:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T11:27:58","slug":"nationwide-workers-demo-rocks-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=34105","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide workers demo rocks Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The much anticipated nationwide demonstration declared by Organised Labour is underway in various parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News<\/strong>\u2019 reporter Fred Djabanor, who is stationed at the converging point at the Obra Spot, Kwame Nkrumah Circle, said about 250 people are currently present, chanting and singing \u2018\u2019war songs\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, some of the demonstrators are holding placards with inscriptions like; &#8220;Mahama we are tired,&#8221; &#8220;Rise up workers of Ghana,&#8221; &#8220;Don\u2019t sell GNPC,&#8221; &#8220;Our economy is now on life support\u2026\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2323.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-34108\" alt=\"IMG_2323\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2323-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2323-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2323-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2323.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>He said the demonstrators will march through some principal streets of Accra and end at the TUC headquarters where their leaders will address them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to tell the government that they are suffering; they want to put all political colours aside and demonstrate to show their displeasure with current economic situation,\u2019\u2019 reported Fred, after speaking to a few of the demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019From where I stand, I can see a lot more people massing up at the Obra Spot,\u2019\u2019 Fred added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34147\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2347.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34147 \" title=\"TUC General Secretary, Kofi Asamoah leading the protest\" alt=\"TUC General Secretary, Kofi Asamoah leading the protest\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2347.jpg\" width=\"538\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2347.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2347-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2347-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TUC General Secretary, Kofi Asamoah leading the protest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2353.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34150 aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_2353\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2353.jpg\" width=\"461\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2353.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2353-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2353-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He noted that there was a heavy Police presence to ensure peace and order.<\/p>\n<p>Eugenia Tenkorang reported that the main &#8221;trotro&#8221; [Bus] terminal at the Kwame Nkrumah Station was slightly empty as some of the commercial vehicle drivers have refused to work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;A lady I spoke to, told me she has been walking from\u00a0Laterbiokorshie to the Kwame Nkrumah Circle because she could not catch a bus&#8230;,&#8221; Eugenia reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;We want the government to recognise our plight; the essence of the demonstration is to make the government feel what we feel,&#8221; a driver at the Neoplan station in Accra said to Eugenia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34114\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2325.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34114\" alt=\"Police present at the demonstration\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2325-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2325-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2325-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2325.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police present at the demonstration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Ashaiman,\u00a0 <strong>Citi News<\/strong>&#8216; correspondent, Elvis Washington reported that most commercial drivers have refused to work, however, a few can be seen working.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Trotro vehicles are working but if you go to the main lorry station where vehicles ply Accra and other parts of the country, most vehicles are parked; if you come to the main lorry road in Ashaiman the traffic situation is very normal, as most commercials cars are not working,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that some of the shops are closed, in solidarity with the nationwide demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Today we are not working because the way things are going on we don&#8217;t like it at all; we are suffering a lot,&#8221; a driver [Ibrahim] to Elvis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kumasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Below are some pictures from Kumasi<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2344.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-34132\" alt=\"IMG_2344\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2344.jpg\" width=\"403\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2344.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2344-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2344-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2343.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-34131\" alt=\"IMG_2343\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2343.jpg\" width=\"346\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2343.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2343-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2343-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2333.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-34125\" alt=\"IMG_2333\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2333.jpg\" width=\"369\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2333.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2333-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2333-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2334.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-34126\" alt=\"IMG_2334\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2334.jpg\" width=\"403\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2334.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2334-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_2334-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Find Video below<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#TUCdemo in Kumasi\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l3z9XYiIs1E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Tamale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the Northern Regional capital Tamale, Abdul Karim Naatogmah reported that some members of Organized \u00a0Labour hit the principal streets of the Tamale Metro area.<\/p>\n<p>They held placards some of which read, \u2018<b>\u2019Mr. Sanitary pad President stop the talk, be prudent monetarily and physically, the economy is too hard, the Ghanaian worker is suffering, please reduce prices of petroleum products, Mr. JM save the NHIS from financial stress<\/b>\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Regional Secretary of CLOGSAG, Ali Anafu told <b>Citi News<\/b> the demonstration was long overdue.<\/p>\n<p>He called for more of such nationwide labour unrest to pressurize government to improve workers conditions of service. Tamale Metro Police Commander, Superintendant Lavoea disclosed that a total number of 80 police personnel were deployed to provide maximum security to the guard the protesters to maintain law and order.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters marched from the Tamale Jubilee Park through the Tamale Central Mosque towards the main Tamale market and finally converged at the Northern Regional Coordinating Council where they presented a petition for onward submission to President John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Takoradi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How Organised Labour demonstrated in Takoradi, Western Regional capital.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/TARD-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-34203\" alt=\"TARD 3\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/TARD-3-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/TARD-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/TARD-3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/TARDI-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-34204\" alt=\"TARDI 1\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/TARDI-1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/TARDI-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/TARDI-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/TARDI-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-34205\" alt=\"TARDI 2\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/TARDI-2-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/TARDI-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/TARDI-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Volta Region<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is how workers in the Volta region demonstrated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VL2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-34211\" alt=\"VL2\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VL2-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VL2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VL2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VL2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VOL-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-34212\" alt=\"VOL 1\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VOL-1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VOL-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VOL-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0nationwide demonstration has left\u00a0some workers and travellers stranded at bus stops and \u00a0terminals as the drivers are not working.<\/p>\n<p>Those who spoke to Citinews said their unions have ordered them to support organized labour&#8217;s protest by not working.<\/p>\n<p>There was no traffic in Accra because of the order.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters across the country say the various business district are empty with many shops closed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The much anticipated nationwide demonstration declared by Organised Labour is underway in various parts of the country. Citi News\u2019 reporter Fred Djabanor, who is stationed at the converging point at the Obra Spot, Kwame Nkrumah Circle, said about 250 people are currently present, chanting and singing \u2018\u2019war songs\u2019\u2019. 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