{"id":71944,"date":"2014-12-07T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=71944"},"modified":"2014-12-07T06:58:04","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T06:58:04","slug":"wontumi-to-lead-another-npp-demo-in-kumasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=71944","title":{"rendered":"Wontumi to lead another NPP demo in Kumasi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chairman of the Ashanti Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako alias Chairman Wontumi is marshaling forces to demonstrate against some policies of the Mahama led government in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72066\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72066\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/npp-kumasi-demo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72066\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/npp-kumasi-demo.jpg\" alt=\"NPP's \u201cYaY\u025b Di\u025bn\u201d demonstration in Kumasi in June 2014\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/npp-kumasi-demo.jpg 620w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/npp-kumasi-demo-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NPP&#8217;s \u201cYaY\u025b Di\u025bn\u201d demonstration in Kumasi in June 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;X1gVKfN0lJbTuRvo4AVVv3lf9Km99POr&#8221;]The demonstration scheduled to take place on Wednesday December 10<span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">,<\/span>\u00a02014, is seeking to mobilize thousands of Ghanaians and party supporters from across the region to express their resentment over what they describe as the continuous deteriorating economic conditions in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ashanti Regional Chairman speaking to the media explained that &#8220;living standards are worsening by the day and most Ghanaians have been struggling to feed themselves and their families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He spoke about the current power crisis, the collapse of industry, the numerous job losses, the deteriorating <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/27\/nhis-to-collapse-by-jan-2015-if\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/08\/electricity-tariffs-to-go-up\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>higher utility bills<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/08\/poor-sanitation-denting-ghanas-image-lecturer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>poor environmental and sanitation conditions<\/strong><\/a><\/span> among others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Antwi Boasiako however charged \u201call well-meaning Ghanaians to as a civil right, join the December 10<sup>,<\/sup> 2014 demonstration to show their displeasure at governments\u2019 insensitivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/npp-ya-ye-den-demo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72069 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/npp-ya-ye-den-demo1.jpg\" alt=\"npp ya ye den demo\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/npp-ya-ye-den-demo1.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/npp-ya-ye-den-demo1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In June 2014, hundreds of Ghanaians in Kumasi, led by the Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Ashanti Regional Parliamentary Caucus, marched through the streets of the city in a\u00a0demonstration, dubbed \u201cYa y3 den?\u201d to register the party\u2019s\u00a0displeasure\u00a0over what they\u00a0describe as\u00a0unbearable hardship in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citmfmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the Ashanti Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako alias Chairman Wontumi is marshaling forces to demonstrate against some policies of the Mahama led government in Kumasi. 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