{"id":462322,"date":"2018-02-07T14:50:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/07\/well-hit-government-with-another-demo-soon-copec\/"},"modified":"2018-02-07T14:50:42","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:50:42","slug":"well-hit-government-with-another-demo-soon-copec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/07\/well-hit-government-with-another-demo-soon-copec\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ll hit government with another demo soon \u2013 COPEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Wednesday,  7 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>kasapafmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-07<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/30896213.295.jpg\" alt=\"Cop9\" title=\"Cop9\" width=\"295\" height=\"159\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Some members of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers embarking on a protest<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518015042_305_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers, Ghana (COPEC-Ghana) has threatened to cause a nationwide protest should government fail to respond to calls for reduction in the cost of fuel within one week.<\/p>\n<p>They made the pronouncement today after a massive protest in the capital-Accra that saw dozens, including the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union and several transport unions across the country demonstrating to express their displeasure with the fuel hikes.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration, according to COPEC-GH was to force government to reduce taxes on petroleum products.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Secretary of the Chamber, Duncan Amoah who led the charge indicated they\u2019ll not hesitate to engineer another protest nationwide, if government fails to respond to their plight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll want to see the fuel prices go down from tomorrow. If it doesn\u2019t we\u2019ll come back again next week, If it doesn\u2019t we\u2019ll continue until the government listens to the plight of our pocket,\u201d Duncan warned.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the National Petroleum Authority has indicated Wednesday\u2019s demonstration had no basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do recognise that the right to demonstrate for or against any course is a constitutionally guaranteed one and COPEC will be acting within its right as such.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are however of the considered view that the reasons for the intended demonstration are anything but noble having regard to the interventions made time and again by the NPA by way of the Price Stabilisation interventions over the past three months,\u201d said an earlier release from the Corporate Affairs Division of the sector regulator.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/NoxdnXNI-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 61 updated by: 61 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Wednesday, 7 February 2018 Source: kasapafmonline.com 2018-02-07 play videoSome members of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers embarking on a protest The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers, Ghana (COPEC-Ghana) has threatened to cause a nationwide protest should government fail to respond to calls for reduction in the cost of fuel within one week. 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