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Prof Stephen Adei,\u00a0an economist has said reversing the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) will not solve the economic woes of\u00a0Ghana.<\/p>\n
The pressure group\u00a0Arise Ghana\u00a0wants the government to reverse the levy, halt the Agyapa deal and reduce fuel prices, as well as, stop the reclassification of the\u00a0Achimota Forest.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the opening of the Financial Economic Seminar in Accra on Monday (13 June), Adei said: \u201cInterestingly, I was looking through social media and I saw a planned demonstration by a group called Arise Ghana on 21 June, I think they are giving a sufficient notice and as I look through them they have five complaints.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, I went down to read what was their request to the government, and interestingly there were four of them. That E-Levy must be reversed, petrol prices should be reduced, that the\u00a0Agyapa deal\u00a0should not come on and the EI of the Achimota Forest should be reversed. And I said that well, if the government did all these four things, it will not change the current situation, not that they are not important,\u201d Prof Adei said.<\/p>\n
He further called on participants to proffer solutions that could help solve the economic challenges facing Ghana.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am expecting in this forum, real serious engagements as to where we came from, why we are here, what are the options for the future and a country like Ghana and which are the paths that may be most suitable,\u201d he added.
The leading member of the Arise Ghana Movement\u00a0Bernard Mornah, has said that the pressure group is preparing to rally Ghanaians to the streets in protest of the country\u2019s rising hardships on 21 June 2022.<\/p>\n
Arise Ghana is a civil society pressure group which seeks to employ legitimate and legal means of influencing public policy to shape the Ghanaian society.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are bringing the other side of the story that probably the policy makers are oblivious of and if they care they will then consider all these in shaping the destiny of our nation,\u201d Mornah said.<\/p>\n
Speaking on\u00a0The Forum\u00a0on Saturday (4 June) Mornah said: \u201cWe have gone on demonstrations one many times and it appears that our leaders and policy makers are not yielding anytime we go on the streets. They take it that it is one of the usual things, so initially to be honest with you, the group took the decision that we will be having a one week continuous demonstration.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut others thought that we should start and see the response of policy makers and we can then regroup and take a decision moving forward. This is just the beginning of a series of things to be manifested depending on the response of policy makers, particularly government, on some of the issues that we will be raising,\u201d he told show host\u00a0Dr Kwaku Agyeman-Budu.<\/p>\n
Arise Ghana served notice to embark on a demonstration in Accra on Tuesday 21 June 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason for which we want to gather and sleep around Christ the King is that we believe that around the church the angels will be hovering around in the night so they can protect us. We want to test the limits of our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police protection
Mornah stated that after reading the letter demanding demonstrator security, the regional commander stated that they couldn\u2019t guarantee a 48-hour demonstration since the police were stretched.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe police cannot become the new dictators and threats of our democracy. The police is supposed to be notified of our routes and they have to make preparations to ensure that we embark on our routes. The police have no right to say how long our protestation should last.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact that the police say that they cannot provide that security doesn\u2019t stop us from embarking on our demonstration. We have notified them; it is for them to come and do their duty.<\/p>\n
\u201cExcept they are telling me that the Ghana Police is so incompetent that they are not able to rally themselves in other to contain a situation as minimum as this,\u201d Mornah said.<\/p>\n
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