A group of Ghanaians living in the United States will tomorrow be hitting the streets over what they describe as harsh economic conditions in Ghana.<\/p>\n
The protest which was\u00a0announced on\u00a0\u00a0July 14, \u00a0is to take place at the Ghana Embassy, Washington DC on Wednesday, July 23, 2014.<\/p>\n
The group;\u00a0\u2018Ghanaians Against Bad Governance\u2019<\/b>\u00a0is a non-partisan group of concerned Ghanaians living in the United States of America.<\/p>\n
They are Ghanaians who are interested in the economic and social well-being of Ghana.<\/p>\n
It is a diverse group of nonprofessionals, professionals and academics who believe that the Government of Ghana has a responsibility to deliver on their own promises.<\/p>\n
They have expressed their intention not to wait for the next election cycle to raise their voices to demand that Ghanaian leaders work in the interest of the good people of Ghana.<\/p>\n
The group say the worsening economic conditions in the country are making life unbearable for many Ghanaians.<\/p>\n
They are also of the opinion that such harsh conditions\u00a0will put\u00a0investors off from investing in the country thus keeping jobs away from Ghanaians.<\/p>\n
Speaking to\u00a0Citi News<\/b>\u00a0from their base in Washington DC, one of the organizers, Charles Acolatse expressed his views, saying that the government needs to be a little more responsible.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cit is an unfair economic hardship that the good people of Ghana are going through and we believe that leaders need to sit up. It has gotten very bad to the extent that we have energy crisis, corruption without intervention and leaders not abiding by their own rules and policies. An example is the debacle in Brazil: flying 3million dollars for the Black Stars. This is just to mention a few. And we think that this is becoming too much and that the country\u2019s leadership needs to become responsive and responsible and at least, fulfill the promise they made during their campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n
About three weeks ago, a group of Ghanaians hit the streets in Accra in a demonstration dubbed ‘Occupy Flagstaff House with a list of demands including improvement\u00a0in economic conditions.<\/p>\n
The group again organised the Red Friday social media campaign last week to push government to meet their demands.<\/p>\n
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By: Ewurabena Hagan\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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