{"id":64291,"date":"2014-11-12T08:56:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T08:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=64291"},"modified":"2014-11-12T10:05:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T10:05:18","slug":"hundreds-turn-afags-aagbe-w%cd%bb-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=64291","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds turn up for AFAG\u2019s \u201cAagbe W\u037b\u201d demo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pressure group, Alliance for Accountable Governance\u2019s (AFAG) demonstration dubbed \u201cAagbe W\u037b\u201d [They are killing us] is currently underway in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of Ghanaians have joined AFAG in the street protest.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration is to protest against the high level of corruption and economic hardship existing in the country.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;v7CM68G11HdnHGHqquF2KRS4gTSvYxff&#8221;]General Secretary of the group, Arnold Boateng told <strong>Citi News,<\/strong> they are expecting over 10,000 people to take part in Wednesday\u2019s demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the group is determined to send a message to the government that it is \u201creckless and the nation is moving in a wrong direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He remarked that \u201cif you are a government and you have even five people demonstrating against you, you will know that something is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boateng urged Ghanaians to join them in the demonstration because the development of the nation is a responsibility for all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4383.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64303\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4383.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4383\" width=\"1280\" height=\"959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4383.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4383-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4383-1024x767.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He warned that \u201cif we don\u2019t come out in our numbers to put the right message to the President, we may end up in a gargantuan pit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4382.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64302\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4382.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4382\" width=\"1280\" height=\"959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4382.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4382-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4382-1024x767.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators would march through some principal streets of Accra including Adabraka, Makola among others.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, about 150 Police personnel are accompanying the demonstrators toe sure law and order.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4380.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64301\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4380.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4380\" width=\"1280\" height=\"959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4380.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4380-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4380-1024x767.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Public Relations Officer of the Greater Accra Regional Police Command, ASP Afua Tenge has cautioned demonstrators to\u00a0conform to the rules and various traffic directions that will be given by the Police.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![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.crea   teElement(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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pressure group, Alliance for Accountable Governance\u2019s (AFAG) demonstration dubbed \u201cAagbe W\u037b\u201d [They are killing us] is currently underway in Accra. Hundreds of Ghanaians have joined AFAG in the street protest. The demonstration is to protest against the high level of corruption and economic hardship existing in the country. 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