{"id":127907,"date":"2015-06-24T14:32:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T14:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=127907"},"modified":"2015-06-25T05:49:56","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T05:49:56","slug":"aged-in-kumasi-demonstrate-against-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/06\/aged-in-kumasi-demonstrate-against-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Aged in Kumasi demonstrate against Mahama\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundreds of aged women and men between the ages of 60 and 80 took to the streets of Kumasi in the Ashanti region to protest the worsening economic situation in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They explained that their protest is also to express their displeasure about the worsening power crisis popularly called &#8220;Dumsor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127926\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0018.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150624-WA0018\" width=\"506\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0018.jpg 506w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0018-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The protest was dubbed \u201cMmerewa resu\u201d demo meaning &#8220;old women are crying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The protestors were clad in red and black and carried placards and banners\u00a0with different\u00a0inscriptions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Citi News<\/strong> correspondent Hawa Iddrisu reported that the demonstrators converged on the Cultural Center and walked through some principal streets of the city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127919\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0006.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150624-WA0006\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0006.jpg 640w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0006-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThey claimed countless promises have been made from sector ministers, government communicators and even the President to fix and bring to an end the ongoing erratic power crisis\u00a0but it is still on,\u201d Hawa reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127921\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0008.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150624-WA0008\" width=\"640\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0008.jpg 640w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0008-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, some of the demonstrators who spoke to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> explained that, the current economic condition in the country is making life unbearable for them saying \u201cwe can\u2019t bare our responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They added that they will keep on demonstrating until government addresses their concerns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127923\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0013.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150624-WA0013\" width=\"420\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0013.jpg 420w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG-20150624-WA0013-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A similar demonstration was held in Kumasi in February by\u00a0 a group affiliated to the opposition New Patriotic Party dubbed: \u201cYabr3\u201d demo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. 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