{"id":1234494,"date":"2022-10-25T22:09:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T22:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/25\/martin-kpebu-rallies-ghanaians-for-part-2-of-ku-me-preko-demonstration\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T22:09:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T22:09:50","slug":"martin-kpebu-rallies-ghanaians-for-part-2-of-ku-me-preko-demonstration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/25\/martin-kpebu-rallies-ghanaians-for-part-2-of-ku-me-preko-demonstration\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Kpebu rallies Ghanaians for part 2 of &#8216;Ku me Preko&#8217; demonstration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lawyer-martin-kpebu.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has called on citizens to mass up in their numbers for a demonstration against the Akufo-Addo regime.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the avowed government critic stated that the protest is to compel President Akufo-Addo to resign as the head of state.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the exercise will be a reenactment of the historic 1995 \u2018Kumi Pre Ko\u2019 demonstration against the then Rawlings era, where Akufo-Addo played a lead role.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing sympathies for a man who purportedly committed suicide at Kasoa Galilea on the back of the hardship in the country, he urged citizens to support the move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKu me Preko Demo For God and Country! Let\u2019s join the Ku me Preko Demo Reloaded! to force Akufo-Addo to #Resign. Date: Saturday, 5th November 2022. We gather at Obra Spot-Kwame Nkrumah Interchange. Demo begins at 7 am. #FixTheEconomy #StopTheFreeFallOfTheCedi #StopTheLootingBrigade. #KasaoGalilea We cannot fail people like this man from Kasoa Galilea\u201d, he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmartin.kpebu%2Fposts%2F10159481330801472&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"664\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The call by Martin Kpebu adds to the scores of public agitations in the midst of the crippling economy.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Ghana\u2019s economy is reeling under pressure with the local currency, consistently losing its value to the US dollar and other major trading currencies across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>This has sparked widespread calls for the resignation of the Finance Minister, who according to some sections of the populace, has failed woefully in the discharge of his responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>The economic difficulties have also resulted in what many have described as untold hardship among Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>According to the critics, the government has failed woefully in resolving the economic crisis and offering relief to the citizens who are feeling the brunt of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has reiterated the commitment of his government to dealing with the prevailing challenges and helping put smiles back on the faces of Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, Ghana is finalising talks with the International Monetary Fund, in a deal which is expected to stabilise the Cedi and inject some relief into the country\u2019s ailing economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has called on citizens to mass up in their numbers for a demonstration against the Akufo-Addo regime. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the avowed government critic stated that the protest is to compel President Akufo-Addo to resign as the head of state. According to him, the exercise will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1174429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1234494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1234494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1234494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1234494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1234494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}