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A group of Ghanaians living in the United States of America say<\/span><\/span> they will demonstrate over the state of the Ghanaian economy when President John Dramani Mahama arrives in the country for the US-Africa Leaders Summit.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019\u2026 the<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> demonstration is to show our [Ghanaians abroad] expression of unhappiness about the hardship in Ghana and the mismanagement of the country,\u2019\u2019 One of the organizers of the protest, Kwaku Ofori told Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

He further mentioned that demonstration will take place at the US State Department.<\/p>\n

He added that they are expecting people from Canada and all other states in the US to join the protest.<\/p>\n

President Mahama and his wife, Lordina Mahama are expected to arrive in the USA on Friday<\/span><\/span> for the Summit.<\/p>\n

The President while in the US, will among other things, sign the second compact of the Millennium Challenge Account.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The compact will make available over 500 million dollars to support the energy sector.<\/p>\n

There have a number of demonstrations in Ghana over the current state of the economy. The recent protest was staged by organized labour<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Protestors asked government to end the decline of the economy, improve living conditions and fight corruption.<\/p>\n

Government has been under<\/span> intense pressure over rising fiscal deficit and the depreciation of the cedi<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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