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Host of the Good Morning Ghana programme on Metro TV,<\/em> Randy Abbey, has declared his support for the Arise Ghana demo scheduled to take place next week.<\/p>\n The pressure group is set to undertake the June 28 \u2013 29, 2022 demonstration in Accra in a bid to highlight economic and governance challenges bedeviling the country.<\/p>\n Randy Abbey\u2019s endorsement was on Thursday, June 23 on his programme when he hosted the National Democratic Congress\u2019 National Communications officer,\u00a0Sammy Gyamfi, who is a convenor of the Arise Ghana group.<\/p>\n \u201cNext Tuesday, next Wednesday is the (Arise Ghana) demo, you know I have never participated in a demonstration but I endorse your demonstration. I endorse it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cI endorse your demonstration. The issues, the basis for the demonstration sits well with me and I endorse it,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n Sammy Gyamfi\u00a0on his part thanked the host for the endorsement which he described as \u2018huge\u2019 and invited Randy to join the march even if for a few minutes.<\/p>\n Arise Ghana described itself as a group comprising political party leaders, media practitioners, civil society players, creative arts, trades union among others determined to relentlessly champion the common cause of the Ghanaian people.<\/p>\n The group state that they also want to provide a voice for the voiceless and seek reforms that would bring about the needed change in the socio-economic, politico-social, and general wellbeing of the Ghanaian citizenry.<\/p>\n Main issues underpinning the protest<\/em><\/p>\n According to a recent statement, the historic two-day demonstration is primarily to protest persistent and astronomical hikes in fuel prices by the Akufo-Addo\/Bawumia government that has imposed excruciating economic hardships on Ghanaians.<\/p>\n It said it was also to protest the imposition of the obnoxious E-Levy on the already-burdened Ghanaian people by the insensitive Akufo-Addo\/Bawumia Government and demand a full scale and bi-partisan parliamentary probe into COVID-19 expenditures.<\/p>\n Others are to protest the grabbing of State lands by officials of the Akufo-Addo\/Bawumia government, particularly the de-classification of huge portions of the Achimota Forest reserve.<\/p>\n The rest are to protest the increased rate of police brutalities and state-sponsored killing of innocent Ghanaians, as well as the growing culture of human rights abuses under the watch of President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and demand the total cancelation of the fraudulent \u201cAgyapa\u201d deal.<\/p>\n Source: ghanaweb.com<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Featured Video\n<\/p>\n\n
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