{"id":272984,"date":"2011-01-07T01:45:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T01:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=45179"},"modified":"2011-01-07T01:45:47","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T01:45:47","slug":"ndc-pressure-group-threatens-afag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/07\/ndc-pressure-group-threatens-afag\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC Pressure Group Threatens AFAG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-32481\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/11\/11\/central-region-ndc-calls-for-calm-within-the-party\/ndc_youth_footsoldiers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32481\" title=\"ndc_youth_footsoldiers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ndc_youth_footsoldiers.jpg\" alt=\"NDC\" width=\"280\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a>A pressure group calling itself the  Movement for Better Ghana (MBG), claiming to be fanatics of the ruling  National Democratic Congress (NDC), has thrown down the gauntlet by  threatening to meet the Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) boot  for boot should AFAG go ahead with its planned demonstration against the  increase in prices of petroleum products.<br \/>\nThe group says it will also demonstrate against AFAG in favour of the fuel price hikes.<br \/>\nThe  Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) on Wednesday, January 5  issued a ten-day ultimatum to government to immediately withdraw the  recent 30 per cent price hikes on petroleum products announced this week  or risk incurring their wrath. According to AFAG, government has no  justification whatsoever for the fuel price increases; pointing out that  if allowed to stay it will just worsen the plight of the ordinary  Ghanaian.<br \/>\nThe group maintains that businesses are likely to transfer cost to consumers in order to stay afloat.<br \/>\nBut speaking in an interview on <strong>Citi Eye-Witness News<\/strong>,  President of the MBG, Aubrey Mends dismissed claims by AFAG that the  government is being insensitive to the plight of Ghanaians, stating that  the NDC government is only responding to developments on the global  crude market.<br \/>\nThe MBG leader, who felt AFAG was being  hypocritical regarding its demands for a review of the new fuel prices,  stressed that the opposition political pressure group has no moral  justification to dictate to government by issuing an ultimatum.<br \/>\nAccording to him, the increase in prices of petroleum products is as a result of the huge TOR debt left unpaid by the NPP.<br \/>\nBut in a sharp rebuttal, the Director  of Operations for AFAG, Samuel Awuku, deflated reports that the group  is raising red-flags for its personal political gains.<br \/>\nHe maintains that AFAG is only a social group concerned with the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pressure group calling itself the Movement for Better Ghana (MBG), claiming to be fanatics of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), has thrown down the gauntlet by threatening to meet the Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) boot for boot should AFAG go ahead with its planned demonstration against the increase in prices of petroleum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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