{"id":112432,"date":"2015-04-29T13:25:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T13:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=112432"},"modified":"2015-04-30T06:57:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T06:57:38","slug":"occupy-ghana-instigates-citizens-to-wear-red-on-may-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/04\/occupy-ghana-instigates-citizens-to-wear-red-on-may-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupy Ghana &#8216;instigates&#8217; citizens to wear red on May day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pressure group Occupy Ghana wants all Ghanaians to wear any red attire on Friday May 1<sup>st<\/sup> 2015, to protest the worsening economic conditions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c On May day Friday the 1<sup>st<\/sup> Organised Labour is calling on all Ghanaians especially workers to wear a touch of red in solidarity with all hardworking Ghanaians workers as the protest for better living and economic condition.We ask you to wear red if you believe the government must reduce fuel prices now.Wear red if you believe the government must fix dumsor now, wear red if you believe our pension funds mut be better managed.Wear red if you believe the Ghanaian workers deserves better,\u201d a leading member of the pressure group Sydney Casley Hayford said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/occupy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-112434\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/occupy.jpg\" alt=\"occupy\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/occupy.jpg 620w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/occupy-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;S2A2fOhV92HOuoQ1VheZcCrDUayUesYV&#8221;]Speaking to the media in Accra, a leading member of the pressure group Sydney Casely Hayford stated that the erratic power supply, depreciation of the cedi, rising interest rates and a plethora of issues that confront the worker in the country has made life unbearable for them.<\/p>\n<p>According to him \u201calmost every formal and informal work from farmers, dressmakers, drivers, tuck pushers, hawkers, nurses, teachers and all white collar workers have had to battle with the dire economic conditions and live a decent life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He insisted the call is to send a strong signal to government that the Ghanaian worker is suffering hence an urgent need for the Mahama led administration to put in place prudent measures to ameliorate the situation<\/p>\n<p>The group has championed the fight against corruption for sometime now.<\/p>\n<p>They have initiated a series of demonstrations to protest what they have describe as unfavourable policies introduced by government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pressure group Occupy Ghana wants all Ghanaians to wear any red attire on Friday May 1st 2015, to protest the worsening economic conditions in the country. \u201c On May day Friday the 1st Organised Labour is calling on all Ghanaians especially workers to wear a touch of red in solidarity with all hardworking Ghanaians workers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":19316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[43,38],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Occupy Ghana &#039;instigates&#039; citizens to wear red on May day - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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