{"id":366803,"date":"2017-10-30T18:18:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T18:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=366803"},"modified":"2017-10-30T18:18:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T18:18:11","slug":"were-acting-on-togos-political-crisis-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/were-acting-on-togos-political-crisis-nana-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"We’re acting on Togo’s political crisis – Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Akufo-Addo has stated that his administration has been working behind closed-doors in an attempt to bring the current political crisis in Togo to a closure.<\/p>\n

According to the President, his government is in talks with Togolese officials to address the crisis in that country.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”9Po1xqcZsLT4gdI7xcU44sUqr9AAauXy”]Togo in recent times has witnessed series of protests by opposition parties, with a call for the country to return to the use of the 1992 constitution which imposes limits on presidential terms.<\/p>\n

The agitation has led to a public outcry, with some persons including the MP for North-Tongu and former Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, calling on the President of Ghana to intervene.<\/p>\n

Already, twenty-six Togolese nationals<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>are in the grips of the Police in Ghana, for attempting to stage an unlawful demonstration in Accra over the political situation in their country.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a meeting with the chiefs and elders of Aflao in the Volta Region, President Akufo-Addo described the situation as worrying, adding that, he will play his part to ensure that the crisis is resolved.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe events that have taken place next door in Togo, are disturbing for all of us and especially for you, I know what it means. I remember vividly in 2005 when the former President Eyadema died, there were problems over the succession. Over 100,000 refugees stringed across the border. Many of them I think are still there. They have not gone back to Togo, so I know that anything that happens in Togo is \u00a0a matter of very great concern and it is a concern to me and the people of Ghana.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Togolese President came to see me in Tamale ten days ago, and we are talking to see how we can bring this crisis to a closure and bring stability back to Togo. It is in our interest to do so. The appeal we are making are falling on very sympathetic ears. I am not staying idle on this matter . We are acting. \u00a0Let us pray for the blessing of the Almighty, and we can find a solution that will be in the interest of the people of Togo and by implication the people of Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n

Political crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Togo\u2019s opposition parties have been demanding a\u00a0return to constitutional term limits\u00a0for the Presidency, and also for President Faure Gnassingbe to step down.<\/p>\n

Gnassingbe has been in power since 2005 after the death of his father, General Gnassingbe Eyadema, who ruled Togo for nearly 50 years.<\/p>\n

The anti-Gnassingbe protests, that have seen hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets across the country, have resulted in over 15 people killed and scores injured.<\/p>\n

Three new street marches have been announced for November 7, 8 and 9, despite the Togolese government\u2019s ban on weekday protests.<\/p>\n

ECOWAS leaders bashed over seeming silence<\/strong><\/p>\n

ECOWAS leaders have been criticized for their seeming silence over the matter.<\/p>\n

But Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs , Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has indicated that \u201c<\/strong><\/span><\/a>The other ECOWAS countries are all engaged to ensure that everything is okay in our sister country in terms of their politics and adhering to their constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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