{"id":48201,"date":"2014-09-16T18:43:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T18:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=48201"},"modified":"2014-09-17T05:35:38","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T05:35:38","slug":"another-occupyflagstaffhouse-demo-set-for-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/another-occupyflagstaffhouse-demo-set-for-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Another &#8216;OccupyFlagstaffHouse&#8217; demo set for Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Concerned Ghanaians For Responsible Governance (CGRG); organizers of \u2018Occupy Flag Staff House\u2019 demonstration has announced it will organize another demonstration on Monday to protest the worsening economic conditions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The group staged a similar protest\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/06\/30\/ghanaians-to-protest-at-flagstaff-house-on-july-1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>on July 1, 2014<\/strong>,<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>to demand better economic management from government.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration took place at the Efua Sutherland Children\u2019s Park in Accra after the Police denied them permission to picket at the Flagstaff House.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;9dwgiu9FNuFHv85ottHvFnNUbJUWMudh&#8221;]They later massed up at the TV3 premises near the Flagstaff House in a bid to get access to the seat of government.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/07\/01\/deputy-chief-of-staff-receives-occupyflagstaffhouse-petition\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">The Deputy Chief of Staff, Valery Sawyer <\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>subsequently received the petition on behalf of the President and promised that their concerns will be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Government spokespersons however criticized organizers of the demonstration for highlighting a litany of problems in their petition instead of recommending solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the month of July, the group came out with a campaign dubbed <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/07\/11\/red-friday-protest-against-govt-begins-today\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>The Red Friday\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0which was aimed at forcing government to address concerns raised in the \u2018Occupy Flagstaff House\u2019 petition.<\/p>\n<p>As part of that campaign, Ghanaians were admonished to wear red attires or add a touch of red to their Friday apparels to silently demand good governance from the government every Friday but not much has been heard from the group in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>However, a press release signed by the Executive Secretary of CGRG, George Kojo Anti, announced that members of CGRG will stage another demonstration on Monday, September 22, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>According to the release, members of the group will converge at the Obra Spot, at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle to begin the exercise and end at the Hearts Park, where a petition will be handed over to the President.<\/p>\n<p>The exercise which is to be a peaceful protest is expected to last from 6:00 am to 2:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Government has been widely criticized for mismanaging the economy thereby inflicting hardships on citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The free fall of the cedi, high inflation rate, rising budget deficit, high cost of utility prices among others.<\/p>\n<p>It is on this backdrop that the CGRG is staging the demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the demonstration, a number of forums have been scheduled to take place including a press briefing to enable the protesters brainstorm on possible recommendations to be captured in their petition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Concerned Ghanaians For Responsible Governance (CGRG); organizers of \u2018Occupy Flag Staff House\u2019 demonstration has announced it will organize another demonstration on Monday to protest the worsening economic conditions in the country. 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