{"id":276106,"date":"2011-02-15T21:26:57","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T21:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=52412"},"modified":"2011-02-15T21:26:57","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T21:26:57","slug":"irate-gia-passengers-give-government-one-week-ultimatum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/15\/irate-gia-passengers-give-government-one-week-ultimatum\/","title":{"rendered":"Irate GIA Passengers Give Government One Week Ultimatum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-52414\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/15\/irate-gia-passengers-give-government-one-week-ultimatum\/gia\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-52414\" title=\"gia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/gia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a>Government has up to one week to  refund monies to irate passengers of the defunct Ghana International  Airlines who are still holding on to their tickets.<\/p>\n<p>About 800  passengers who were stranded following the collapse of the airline say  officials have been silent on their plight since the airline folded.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday,  Deputy Transport Minister Dzifa Ativor told Joy News, government is  raising funds for the purpose and appealed to the passengers to exercise  restraint.<\/p>\n<p>She explained some of the monies collected by the GIA  cannot be accounted for, adding, monies that have to be invested into  the development of water and electricity infrastructure are now been  diverted to pay the GIA debts.<\/p>\n<p>She appealed for more time as  government works tirelessly to raise the needed funds. But the  passengers say they are intent on demonstrating on the streets of London  if government does not pay their monies within a week. One of the  passengers said her family is owed $5,000 which must be refunded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe  need our money\u2026because we have not robbed anybody for anybody to rob  us,\u201d she lamented. \u201cFor me I am just waiting for a week. I can\u2019t wait  more than one week,\u201d another said adding he will organize a massive  demonstration against the officials of the GIA to have their monies  refunded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government has up to one week to refund monies to irate passengers of the defunct Ghana International Airlines who are still holding on to their tickets. About 800 passengers who were stranded following the collapse of the airline say officials have been silent on their plight since the airline folded. 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